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Grażyna Bacewicz

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

Nationality: Polish
Born: February 5, 1909, Łódź Died: January 17, 1969, Warsaw (age 59)
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String Quartet No. 3

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
5:39 I. Allegro ma non troppo
6:07 II. Andante
5:32 III. Vivo
Duration: 18 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1947 (age 37-38)
3 recordings, 9 videos
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5:34
Silesian String Quartet
I. Allegro ma non troppo
5:50
Silesian String Quartet
II. Andante
5:23
Silesian String Quartet
III. Vivo
5:10
Amar Corde String Quartet
I. Allegro ma non troppo
6:37
Amar Corde String Quartet
II. Andante
5:36
Amar Corde String Quartet
III. Vivo
6:21
Lutosławski Quartet
I. Allegro ma non troppo
6:26
Lutosławski Quartet
II. Andante
5:55
Lutosławski Quartet
III. Vivo

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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
  • 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
  • ma—but, however
  • 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
  • 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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  • troppo [I], non troppo, trop [F]—too, too much. non troppo means "not too much". e.g. "Allegro ma non troppo" means fast, but not too much
  • vivo—lively, intense