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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. 3
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 8:05 | I. | Grave e sostenuto - Allegro moderato | |
| 7:07 | II. | Andante | |
| 3:33 | III. | Allegro molto e con brio | |
| 7:53 | IV. | Lento | |
| 4:21 | V. | Allegro commodo |
Duration: 32 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1945-1946 (age 39-41)
Premiere:
October 19, 1946. Wigmore Hall. Zorian Quartet
6 recordings,
24 videos
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7:55
The Lindsays
I.
Grave e sostenuto - Allegro moderato
7:14
The Lindsays
II.
Andante
3:33
The Lindsays
III.
Allegro molto e con brio
7:57
The Lindsays
IV.
Lento
4:03
The Lindsays
V.
Allegro commodo
8:07
Britten Quartet
I.
Grave e sostenuto - Allegro moderato
7:40
Britten Quartet
II.
Andante
3:32
Britten Quartet
III.
Allegro molto e con brio
7:16
Britten Quartet
IV.
Lento
4:17
Britten Quartet
V.
Allegro commodo
8:26
Tippett Quartet
I.
Grave e sostenuto - Allegro moderato
6:57
Tippett Quartet
II.
Andante
3:22
Tippett Quartet
III.
Allegro molto e con brio
8:30
Tippett Quartet
IV.
Lento
4:20
Tippett Quartet
V.
Allegro commodo
8:09
Heath Quartet
I.
Grave e sostenuto - Allegro moderato
6:20
Heath Quartet
II.
Andante
3:45
Heath Quartet
III.
Allegro molto e con brio
7:39
Heath Quartet
IV.
Lento
5:17
Heath Quartet
V.
Allegro commodo
14:31
Quartet Pro Musica
(part 1 of 3)
14:31
Quartet Pro Musica
(part 2 of 3)
3:48
Quartet Pro Musica
(part 3 of 3)
30:39
Britten Quartet (complete)
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Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)
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Friend/Colleague
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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
- brio [I], con brio, brioso—vigor, vigorously, with fire
- 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
- comodo [I], commodo—comfortable, unhurried, easy
- con [I,S]—with
- 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.
- grave [I], gravement [F]—Solemn, serious, slow, ponderous
- lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
- 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
- molto [It]—very much
- 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
- sostenuto [I], soutenu [F]—sustained, perhaps a bit slow
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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.