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Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Nationality: Brazilian
Born: March 5, 1887, Rio de Janeiro Died: November 17, 1959, Rio de Janeiro (age 72)
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String Quartet No. 2

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
6:39 I. Allegro non troppo
2:38 II. Scherzo
5:10 III. Andante
6:57 IV. Allegro deciso - Presto - Final
Duration: 20 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1915 (age 27-28)
2 recordings, 5 videos
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Cuarteto Latinoamericano (complete with score)
6:39
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
I. Allegro non troppo
2:38
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
II. Scherzo
5:10
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
III. Andante
6:57
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
IV. Allegro deciso - Presto - Final

Related Composers

1900 WWI WWII Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920) Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Edgard Varèse (1883-1965) Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Alberto Nepomuceno
Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920)
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Nationality: Brazilian
Born: July 6, 1864, Fortaleza Died: October 16, 1920, Rio de Janeiro (age 56)

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
  • deciso [It]—decisive, bold, forceful
  • finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
  • presto—very fast, more so than allegro.
  • 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
  • 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