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String Quartet No. 3
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| I. | Calmo, Risoluto, Teneramente | ||
| II. | Feroce, Cascando | ||
| III. | Pensieri, Oscuri, Le Stelle (Dark Thoughts, The Stars) |
Duration: 20 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1992 (age 46-47)
Related Composers
Carolyn Yarnell (born 1961)
Student
Nationality:
American
Born: 1961 (age 63 or 64)
glossary
- calmo [I], calmato, calme [F]—calm, tranquil, quiet, still
- 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
- feroce [I]—ferocious, violent, wild, resolute, bold, fiercely
- 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
- risoluto [I], resoluto—resolute, decisively, boldly, with vigor
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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.
Explore the string quartet. - teneramente [I], tenero, con tenerezza, tendrement [F], tendre—tenderly, lovingly, gently