Karl Goepfart (1859-1942)
Nationality:
German
Born: March 8, 1859, Mönchenholzhausen bei Erfurt Died: January 30, 1942, Weimar (age 82)
Wind Quartet in d minor, Op. 93
(for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon)
| I. | Allegro risoluto - Leicht und zart | ||
| II. | Scherzo. Vivace - Trio. Cantabile - Coda | ||
| III. | (Fuga.) Allegro vivo con bravura |
Composed:
1907 (age 47-48)
glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- bravura [I]—skill, spirit, technical skill, courage
- 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
- coda—end (related to "tail"). The final passage or section of music. Conclusion. Typically refers to portion of music that is after the formal symmetrical ending of the piece, e.g. a sort of addendum.
- con [I,S]—with
- fugue, fuga, fuge [G], fuguette, fugen [G,pl]—a contrapuntal procedure (form) involving a musical subject (theme) that is successively imitated by multiple overlapping voices. There is a vast canon of rules (concepts) for creating elaborate and diverse fugues with an infinite variety of character based on fairly specific parameters. Fugues (or partial fugato) are found throughout classical music from the late Renaissance to the present.
- leicht [G]—light, nimble, facile, agile; easy, not difficult
- opus [L], opera[pl], Op., Opp, WoO, Op. posth—work, as in a work of art. For unique identification, publishers/composers often assign an "opus number", abbreviated as "Op." (e.g. Op. 1). A range of works by opus number, uses the plural "opp." (e.g. "Opp. 1-3"). A single opus number may refer to a collection of works (e.g. a set of quartets) giving rise to designations like "Op. 1, No. 4". For misc. works without opus numbers, "WoO" is often used (e.g."Without Opus"). Posthumously assigned numbers may use "Op. posth". Opus numbers may not precisely reflect chronology (publication vs. composition), can be erroneous, sparse or duplicative. Thus, the works of some historically important composers may use separate catalog numbers (e.g. Bach, Haydn, Schubert). See wiki
- risoluto [I], resoluto—resolute, decisively, boldly, with vigor
- und [G]—and
- vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro
- vivo—lively, intense
- zart [G]—tender, tenderly, gentle, gently, soft, slender, delicate, delicately, dolce