Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Nationality:
Italian
Born: October 9, 1813, Roncole Died: January 27, 1901, Milan (age 87)
String Quartet in e minor
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 7:42 | I. | Allegro | |
| 7:36 | II. | Andantino (con eleganza) | |
| 3:11 | III. | Prestissimo | |
| 4:26 | IV. | Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso |
Duration: 23 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1873 (age 59-60)
Published:
(?) 1873-1877, IMSLP: Escudier ca.1873, Schott in 1877 (1876?) (see HMB 1877 page 3) (age 59-64)
10 recordings,
37 videos
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7:31
Enso String Quartet
I.
Allegro
6:47
Enso String Quartet
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
3:21
Enso String Quartet
III.
Prestissimo
4:36
Enso String Quartet
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
7:25
Quartetto Italiano
I.
Allegro
7:07
Quartetto Italiano
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
3:09
Quartetto Italiano
III.
Prestissimo
4:05
Quartetto Italiano
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
8:07
Hagen Quartet
I.
Allegro
8:06
Hagen Quartet
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
3:03
Hagen Quartet
III.
Prestissimo
4:24
Hagen Quartet
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
7:35
Amadeus Quartet
I.
Allegro
7:58
Amadeus Quartet
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
3:07
Amadeus Quartet
III.
Prestissimo
4:40
Amadeus Quartet
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
7:28
Alberni Quartet
I.
Allegro
8:05
Alberni Quartet
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
3:26
Alberni Quartet
III.
Prestissimo
4:28
Alberni Quartet
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
8:20
Venice String Quartet
I.
Allegro
7:42
Venice String Quartet
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
3:20
Venice String Quartet
III.
Prestissimo
4:42
Venice String Quartet
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
7:37
Quartetto Oberon
I.
Allegro
7:36
Quartetto Oberon
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
2:54
Quartetto Oberon
III.
Prestissimo
4:24
Quartetto Oberon
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
7:43
Melos Quartet
I.
Allegro
6:51
Melos Quartet
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
3:06
Melos Quartet
III.
Prestissimo
4:26
Melos Quartet
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
23:36
Grebanier and friends
7:04
Britten Quartet
I.
Allegro
7:04
Britten Quartet
II.
Andantino (con eleganza)
3:20
Britten Quartet
III.
Prestissimo
3:59
Britten Quartet
IV.
Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso
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Emanuele Muzio (1821-1890)
Student
Nationality:
Italian
Born: August 24, 1821, Zibello Died: November 27, 1890, Paris (age 69)
glossary
- -issimo [I]—An ending used to form a superlative meaning "very", "extremely", "the most". E.g. presto = fast, prestissimo = extremely fast
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- andantino—faster than andante, slower than allegretto. Sometimes andantino is interpreted as the opposite: slower than andante
- 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
- con [I,S]—with
- eleganza [I]—elegance
- 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.
- mosso—moved, with motion, stirred, agitated
- prestissimo—as fast as possible
- 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
- scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio
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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.
Explore the string quartet.