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Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985)
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: June 21, 1892, Bosjökloster, Ringsjön, Skåne Died: May 19, 1985, Stockholm (age 92)
String Quartet No. 4
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 4:30 | I. | Allegro assai | |
| 9:25 | II. | Poco lento | |
| 3:35 | III. | Allegretto | |
| 7:12 | IV. | Allegretto con brio |
Duration: 25 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1939 (age 46-47)
2 recordings,
8 videos
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4:30
Lysell String Quartet
I.
Allegro assai
9:25
Lysell String Quartet
II.
Poco lento
3:35
Lysell String Quartet
III.
Allegretto
7:12
Lysell String Quartet
IV.
Allegretto con brio
4:30
Fresk Quartet
I.
Allegro assai
9:25
Fresk Quartet
II.
Poco lento
3:35
Fresk Quartet
III.
Allegretto
7:12
Fresk Quartet
IV.
Allegretto con brio
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Teacher
Nationality:
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Born: February 7, 1871, Stockholm Died: November 28, 1927, Stockholm (age 56)
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Student
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: October 19, 1916, Växjö Died: June 14, 1968, Kungsängen (age 51)
Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
Student
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: August 8, 1943 (age 81)
Ingvar Lidholm (1921-2017)
Student
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: February 24, 1921, Jönköping Died: October 17, 2017 (age 96)
glossary
- allegretto—moderately quick tempo. slower than allegro but faster than andante
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
- brio [I], con brio, brioso—vigor, vigorously, with fire
- 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
- lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
- poco, un poco, poco a poco—a little bit, e.g. "andante un poco moto" is andante with a little more motion than typical. "poco a poco" means a little bit at a time, gradually.
- 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
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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.