Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Nationality: Austrian

Born: January 31, 1797, Vienna Died: November 19, 1828, Vienna (age 31)

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Quartettsatz for String Quartet in c minor, D. 103

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Grave - Allegro

Duration: 10 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1814 (age 16-17)

Published: 1939

Note: Fragment completed by Alfred Orel in 1938

3 recordings, 3 videos

8:37

Verdi Quartet

11:50

Stradivari String Quartet

8:12

Kodály Quartet

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Nationality: Austrian

Born: November 14, 1778, Pressburg (now Bratislava) Died: October 17, 1837, Weimar (age 58)

allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
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
grave [I], gravement [F]—Solemn, serious, slow, ponderous
quartet, quatuor [F], quartett [G], quartetto [I], cuarteto [S]—ensemble or work for four players the most important examples being the string quartet and the piano quartet
satz [G], sätzen [pl]—movement, i.e. a single movement. Usually applied to a single-movement work or one movement of a larger, incomplete work such as a symphony or chamber music work.
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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