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Leo Ornstein (1893-2002)
Nationality:
American
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Ukrainian
Born: December 2, 1893, Kremenchug, Ukraine Died: February 24, 2002, Green Bay, WI (age 108)
String Quartet No. 3, SO 615
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| I. | Moderato con moto | ||
| II. | Moderato quasi improvisato | ||
| 8:46 | III. | Allegro con moto |
Duration: 28 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1976 (age 82-83)
1 recording,
5 videos
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6:47
New Boston Quartet
I.
Moderato con moto
(part 1 of 2)
6:27
New Boston Quartet
I.
Moderato con moto
(part 2 of 2)
9:30
New Boston Quartet
II.
Moderato quasi improvisato
(part 1 of 2)
5:13
New Boston Quartet
II.
Moderato quasi improvisato
(part 2 of 2)
8:46
New Boston Quartet
III.
Allegro con moto
glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- 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
- con [I,S]—with
- moderato [I], moderamente, modéré [F], modérément [F]—moderately, at a moderate tempo, applying a touch of restraint to its related word(s), e.g. allegro moderato
- 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
- quasi—almost, almost like, as if
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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.
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