Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: June 9, 1927, Verona Died: August 17, 2000, Milan (age 73)
String Quartet No. 4, Zrcaldo
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
Duration: 12 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1963 (age 35-36)
1 recording,
1 videos
11:15
Quartetto Contemporaneo della Società Cameristica Italiana
Related Composers
Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
Student
Nationality:
French
Born: May 29, 1955, Nancy (age 69)
glossary
- chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
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string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—an ensemble as well as music written for that ensemble comprising 2 violins, viola and cello. This is one of the essential genres / forms / ensembles of chamber music and arguably a critical "core" of "classical" music.
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