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Ingvar Lidholm (1921-2017)
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: February 24, 1921, Jönköping Died: October 17, 2017 (age 96)
Elegiac Suite (Three Elegies and Epilogue) for String Quartet
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 4:34 | I. | Adagio | |
| 5:41 | II. | Vivace | |
| 7:25 | III. | Larghetto | |
| 4:00 | IV. | Epilogue |
Duration: 22 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1940 (age 18-19)
Revised:
1982 (age 60-61), Added the Epilogue
2 recordings,
8 videos
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4:35
Tale Quartet
I.
Adagio
5:41
Tale Quartet
II.
Vivace
7:25
Tale Quartet
III.
Larghetto
4:15
Tale Quartet
IV.
Epilogue
4:33
Tale Quartet (score)
I.
Adagio
5:40
Tale Quartet (score)
II.
Vivace
7:24
Tale Quartet (score)
III.
Larghetto
3:44
Tale Quartet (score)
IV.
Epilogue
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Teacher
Nationality:
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Born: June 21, 1892, Bosjökloster, Ringsjön, Skåne Died: May 19, 1985, Stockholm (age 92)
Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
Student
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: August 8, 1943 (age 82)
Lars-Erik Rosell (1944-2005)
Student
Nationality:
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Born: August 9, 1944, Nybro Died: January 7, 2005, Stockholm (age 60)
glossary
- adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
- 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
- elegy, elégie [F], elegie [G], elegisch, elegiaco, elegaico [I], élégiaque [F], elegia—a plaintive, mournful poem, more specifically a lament for the dead. Usually implies a slow tempo, a minor key and a dark poignancy with potential spikes of tragic agony or, just as well, a gentle, bright flowering into nostalgic love of great tenderness. A musical narrative combining all of these moods is a hauntingly faithful representation of grief
- epilogue, epilogo [I]—coda, musical conclusion, final thought; opposite of prologue
- larghetto—slow, but a bit faster than largo
- 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]—ensemble or a work 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 | wiki
- suite—a set of instrumental pieces (movements) played together to create a larger whole. Suites tend towards collections of dances, frequently in the same key, preceded by a prelude, introduction or overture.
- vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro