Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996)

Nationality: Finnish

Born: November 13, 1921, Iisalmi Died: October 20, 1996, Järvenpää (age 74)

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String Quartet No. 1

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 17 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1959 (age 37-38)

1 recording, 3 videos

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6:13

Sibelius Academy String Quartet

I. Allegro

4:51

Sibelius Academy String Quartet

II. Andante molto tranquillo

5:36

Sibelius Academy String Quartet

III. Allegro non troppo

Teacher

Nationality: Finnish

Born: February 16, 1878, Pori Died: December 13, 1951, Helsinki (age 73)

Student

Nationality: Finnish

Born: April 9, 1935, Salmi (age 89)

Student

Nationality: Finnish

Born: March 12, 1941, Helsinki Died: March 19, 2002, Helsinki (age 61)

Student

Nationality: Finnish

Born: November 16, 1939, Tampere (age 84)

Student

Nationality: Finnish

Born: April 6, 1934, Suistamo (age 90)

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
molto [It]—very much
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.
tranquillo [It], tranquille [F], tranquillement—tranquil, peaceful, soft
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