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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. 4

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
9:04 I. Andante - Allegro molto
6:00 II. Andante
6:03 III. Allegro giocoso
Duration: 21 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1951 (age 41-42)
Published: 1952 (age 42-43)
10 recordings, 28 videos
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9:55
Szymanowski Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
6:26
Szymanowski Quartet
II. Andante
6:22
Szymanowski Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso
9:26
Wister Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
6:34
Wister Quartet
II. Andante
6:16
Wister Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso
8:50
Amar Corde String Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
5:39
Amar Corde String Quartet
II. Andante
6:15
Amar Corde String Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso
8:43
Diverso String Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
5:40
Diverso String Quartet
II. Andante
6:14
Diverso String Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso
8:58
Royal String Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
5:52
Royal String Quartet
II. Andante
6:00
Royal String Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso
9:06
Warsaw String Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
6:19
Warsaw String Quartet
II. Andante
6:19
Warsaw String Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso
9:11
Lutoslawski Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
5:41
Lutoslawski Quartet
II. Andante
5:42
Lutoslawski Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso
8:55
Silesian String Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
5:39
Silesian String Quartet
II. Andante
5:53
Silesian String Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso
23:00
Szymanowski Quartet (live)
8:55
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
I. Andante - Allegro molto
6:50
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
II. Andante
5:44
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
III. Allegro giocoso

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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
  • giocoso, giocando, con gioco, giojoso—humorous, jocose, merry joking
  • molto [It]—very much
  • 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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