Max d'Ollone

Max d'Ollone (1875-1959)

Nationality: French
Born: June 13, 1875, Besançon Died: May 15, 1959, Paris (age 83)
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Piano Quartet in e minor

(for violin, viola, cello and piano)
6:53 I. Appassionato ma largamente
3:05 II. Andante
6:06 III. Scherzo. Molto vivo
6:22 IV. Finale. Allegro
Duration: 22 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1949 (age 73-74)
1 recording, 4 videos
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6:53
Quatuor Athenaeum-Enesco, Patrice d'Ollone
I. Appassionato ma largamente
3:05
Quatuor Athenaeum-Enesco, Patrice d'Ollone
II. Andante
6:06
Quatuor Athenaeum-Enesco, Patrice d'Ollone
III. Scherzo. Molto vivo
6:22
Quatuor Athenaeum-Enesco, Patrice d'Ollone
IV. Finale. Allegro

glossary

  • allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
  • andante [I]—moderately slow tempo (e.g. walking). Faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
  • appassionato, passionato, passionné [F], avec passion, passionnément—passionate; ardent
  • 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
  • largamente [I], con larghezza [I], large [F], largement [F]—broad, full, slow
  • ma—but, however
  • molto [It]—very much
  • piano quartet, Klavierquartett [G], Quatuor avec piano [F]—a ensemble (work) comprising violin, viola, cello and piano. Most of the great Classical and Romantic composers produced one or more works for this combination of which many are masterworks of chamber music.
  • 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
  • scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio
  • vivo—lively, intense