Giovanni Battista Viotti

Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824)

Nationality: Italian
Born: May 12, 1755, Fontanetto da Po Died: March 3, 1824, London (age 68)
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String Quartet in e minor

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
11:27 I. Andante sostenuto, grandioso ed espressivo
5:47 II. Andante sostenuto
8:45 III. Allegro agitato
Duration: 26 minutes (approximately)
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11:27
Viotti String Quartet
I. Andante sostenuto, grandioso ed espressivo
5:47
Viotti String Quartet
II. Andante sostenuto
8:45
Viotti String Quartet
III. Allegro agitato

glossary

  • agitato, agité [F]—agitated, restless, excited
  • allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
  • andante [I]—moderately slow tempo (e.g. walking). Faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
  • 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
  • ed [It]—and
  • espressivo [It], con espressione, expressif [Fr]—expressive, with expression.with feeling
  • gran [I], grandioso—great, grand
  • 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
  • sostenuto [I], soutenu [F]—sustained, perhaps a bit slow
  • 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.
    Explore the string quartet.