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Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
Nationality:
English
Born: January 2, 1905, London Died: January 8, 1998, London (age 93)
String Quartet No. 2
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 6:29 | I. | Allegro grazioso | |
| 5:15 | II. | Andante | |
| 3:01 | III. | Presto | |
| 5:42 | IV. | Allegro appassionato |
Duration: 24 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1941-1942 (age 35-37)
Premiere:
March 27, 1943. Wigmore Hall. Zorian Quartet
6 recordings,
23 videos
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6:25
The Lindsays
I.
Allegro grazioso
5:48
The Lindsays
II.
Andante
2:55
The Lindsays
III.
Presto
5:32
The Lindsays
IV.
Allegro appassionato
6:24
Zorian Quartet
I.
Allegro grazioso
5:14
Zorian Quartet
II.
Andante
2:58
Zorian Quartet
III.
Presto
5:48
Zorian Quartet
IV.
Allegro appassionato
6:42
Heath Quartet
I.
Allegro grazioso
4:53
Heath Quartet
II.
Andante
3:05
Heath Quartet
III.
Presto
6:19
Heath Quartet
IV.
Allegro appassionato
6:24
Tippett Quartet
I.
Allegro grazioso
4:41
Tippett Quartet
II.
Andante
3:11
Tippett Quartet
III.
Presto
5:34
Tippett Quartet
IV.
Allegro appassionato
19:45
Britten Quartet
6:37
Britten Quartet
I.
Allegro grazioso
4:27
Britten Quartet
II.
Andante
3:08
Britten Quartet
III.
Presto
5:34
Britten Quartet
IV.
Allegro appassionato
11:04
Amadeus Quartet
(part 1 of 2)
8:47
Amadeus Quartet
(part 2 of 2)
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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
- 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
- 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
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string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S]—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.