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String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Quartetto in modo chromatico
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 10:36 | I. | Allegro cantabile | |
| 6:08 | II. | Scherzo sehr lebhaft | |
| 6:01 | III. | Sehr langsam und ausdrucksvoll | |
| 5:24 | IV. | Allegro |
Duration: 29 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1936-1938 (age 53-56)
Revised:
1948 (age 65-66)
Note: Grove gives the composition date as specifically 1937.
2 recordings,
5 videos
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10:36
Thomas Christian Ensemble
I.
Allegro cantabile
6:08
Thomas Christian Ensemble
II.
Scherzo sehr lebhaft
6:01
Thomas Christian Ensemble
III.
Sehr langsam und ausdrucksvoll
5:24
Thomas Christian Ensemble
IV.
Allegro
28:12
Thomas Christian Ensemble (complete)
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glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- ausdruck, mit ausdruck, ausdrucksvoll—expression, with expression
- cantabile, cantate, cantando—singing, lyrical, flowing
- 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
- cromatico [I]—chromatic; emphasizing half-step intervals rather than the more spacious diatonic scale
- langsam [G]—slow
- lebhaft [G]—lively, animated
- modo [I]—mode, manner
- 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
- sehr [G]—very, much
- 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
- und [G]—and