Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900)

Nationality: Danish | German

Born: May 14, 1805, Copenhagen Died: March 10, 1900, Copenhagen (age 94)

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String Quartet in G major

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 18 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1848 (age 42-43)

Student

Nationality: Danish

Born: January 30, 1857, Copenhagen Died: March 1, 1924, Copenhagen (age 67)

Son

Nationality: Danish

Born: February 21, 1836, Copenhagen Died: July 18, 1898, Copenhagen (age 62)

Student

Nationality: Danish

Born: June 1, 1848, Copenhagen Died: October 5, 1915, Copenhagen (age 67)

allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
andantino—faster than andante, slower than allegretto. Sometimes andantino is interpreted as the opposite: slower than andante
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
minuet, menuet [F], Menuett [G], menuetto [I], minuetto [I]—A graceful, courtly French dance of the Baroque and Classical period with a triple meter and a moderate tempo.It was introduced at the court of Louis XIV. In classical forms such as the symphony or chamber music, the minuet evolved into the more vigorous scherzo.
moto, con moto, di moto—motion, with motion. Somewhat more lively than its context would suggest, e.g. "andante con moto", a little more lively than andante
string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S]—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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