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Max Reger (1873-1916)
Nationality:
German
Born: March 19, 1873, Brand Died: May 11, 1916, Leipzig (age 43)
String Quartet No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 109
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 12:29 | I. | Allegro moderato | |
| 3:58 | II. | Quasi presto | |
| 10:12 | III. | Larghetto | |
| 8:53 | IV. | Allegro con grazia e con spirito |
Duration: 36 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1909 (age 35-36)
Premiere:
September 30, 1909
Published:
1909, Berlin: Bote & Bock (age 35-36)
4 recordings,
16 videos
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11:53
Drolc Quartet
I.
Allegro moderato
3:43
Drolc Quartet
II.
Quasi presto
10:57
Drolc Quartet
III.
Larghetto
8:58
Drolc Quartet
IV.
Allegro con grazia e con spirito
12:41
Volger Quartett
I.
Allegro moderato
4:23
Volger Quartett
II.
Quasi presto
9:28
Volger Quartett
III.
Larghetto
9:07
Volger Quartett
IV.
Allegro con grazia e con spirito
13:21
Melos Quartet
I.
Allegro moderato
3:48
Melos Quartet
II.
Quasi presto
9:50
Melos Quartet
III.
Larghetto
8:11
Melos Quartet
IV.
Allegro con grazia e con spirito
13:17
Berlin Philharmonia Quartet
I.
Allegro moderato
4:25
Berlin Philharmonia Quartet
II.
Quasi presto
9:05
Berlin Philharmonia Quartet
III.
Larghetto
9:09
Berlin Philharmonia Quartet
IV.
Allegro con grazia e con spirito
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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
- double fugue, Doppelfuge [G]—a fugue with two subjects (generally exposed separately but ultimately played together)
- e [It]—and
- 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.
- grazioso [I], con grazia, gratioso, graziös [G], Mit Grazie—graceful, gracefully; easy
- larghetto—slow, but a bit faster than largo
- 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
- 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
- presto—very fast, more so than allegro.
- 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
- quasi—almost, almost like, as if
- spirito, con spirito, spiritoso, spirituoso—Spirited, lively
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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.