Guillaume Lekeu

Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894)

Nationality: Belgian
Born: January 20, 1870, Heusy Died: January 21, 1894, Angers (age 24)
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Méditation for String Quartet

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
Duration: 11 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1887 (age 16-17)
2 recordings, 2 videos
11:08
Quatuor Camerata
11:13
Unknown ensemble

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glossary

  • 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
  • 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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