George Rochberg (1918-2005)

Nationality: American

Born: July 5, 1918, Paterson, NJ Died: May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, PA (age 86)

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20th Century

String Quartet No. 4, Concord Quartets, No. 1

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

4:33	I.	Fantasia (Ironica)
8:38	II.	Fuga
8:18	III.	Serenade
6:15	IV.	Fantasia (Serioso)

Duration: 28 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1977 (age 58-59)

Premiere: January 20, 1979. University of Pennsylvania. Concord String Quartet

Note: First of three quartets known as "The Concord Quartets"

20th Century

1 recording, 4 videos

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4:33

Concord String Quartet

I. Fantasia (Ironica)

8:38

Concord String Quartet

II. Fuga

8:18

Concord String Quartet

III. Serenade

6:15

Concord String Quartet

IV. Fantasia (Serioso)

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Yinam Leef (born 1953)

Student

Nationality: Israeli

Born: December 21, 1953, Jerusalem (age 72)

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)

Friend/Colleague

Nationality: Italian

Born: February 3, 1904, Pisino d’Istria Died: February 19, 1975, Florence (age 71)

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
fantasie, fancy, fantasia, fantasy, fantazy, fantazia, phantasy, phantasie, fantaisie [F] —generally, a piece of music favoring a free flight of expression over strict adherence to formal rules; suggesting an improvisational character. However, there are at least two more specific historical meanings: 1) the fantasia/fantasie/fancy of English Renaissance viol consort music and 2) Cobbett's Phantasie, an early 20th century form of single-movement chamber music inspired by the Renaissance fancy with the goal of stimulating new English chamber or "consort" music.
fugue, fuga, fuge [G], fuguette, fugen [G,pl]—a contrapuntal procedure (form) involving a musical subject (theme) that is successively imitated by multiple overlapping voices. There is a vast canon of rules (concepts) for creating elaborate and diverse fugues with an infinite variety of character based on fairly specific parameters. Fugues (or partial fugato) are found throughout classical music from the late Renaissance to the present.
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
serenade, serenada, serenata [I], sérénade [F]—A suite of movements like a divertimento with similar connotations of lightheartedness, pleasure and relative calm with an emphasis on lyricism and often beginning with a march. Historically evokes the evening, outdoors, an honorific or amorous tribute, especially from a suitor to a lover in a window or balcony. The word serenade has its Latin origins the Latin word for "calm" or serene. wiki
serioso [I], serio—serious, grave, tragic
string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—ensemble or a work 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. Explore the string quartet | wiki