Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)

Nationality: Italian

Born: September 8, 1760, Florence Died: March 15, 1842, Paris (age 81)

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String Quartet No. 6 in a minor

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 26 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1837 (age 76-77)

Published: 1869

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Nationality: Spanish | Basque

Born: January 27, 1806, Bilbao Burried: January 17, 1826, Paris (age 20)

affettuoso—tenderly, with feeling
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
finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
grazioso [I], con grazia, gratioso, graziös [G], Mit Grazie—graceful, gracefully; easy
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
quartet, quatuor [F], quartett [G], quartetto [I]—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
string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I]—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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