Giovanni Sgambati

Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914)

Nationality: Italian
Born: May 28, 1841, Rome Died: December 14, 1914, Rome (age 73)
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String Quartet No. 1 in d minor

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
5:52 I. Allegro moderato
6:22 II. Allegro
4:49 III. Romanza. Andante
4:44 IV. Allegro assai e appassionato
Duration: 21 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1864 (age 22-23)
1 recording, 4 videos
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5:52
Quartetto Noferini
I. Allegro moderato
6:22
Quartetto Noferini
II. Allegro
4:49
Quartetto Noferini
III. Romanza. Andante
4:44
Quartetto Noferini
IV. Allegro assai e appassionato

glossary

  • 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
  • appassionato, passionato, passionné [F], avec passion, passionnément—passionate; ardent
  • assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
  • 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
  • e [It]—and
  • moderato [I], moderamente, modéré [F], modérément [F]—moderately, at a moderate tempo, applying a touch of restraint to its related word(s), e.g. allegro moderato
  • 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
  • romanza, romanze, romance—a title for a work or movement implying a rather personal, tender, sentimental or amorous tone. Typically, lyrical.
  • 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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