Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)
Nationality:
Soviet
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Polish
Born: December 8, 1919, Warsaw Died: February 26, 1996, Moscow (age 76)
Three Pieces
(for violin and piano)
| I. | Nocturne. Moderato | ||
| II. | Scherzo. Allegro | ||
| III. | Sen o lalce [Dream about a Doll]. Moderato |
Composed:
1934-1935 (age 14-16)
Related Composers
Vasily Zolotarev (1872-1964)
Teacher
Nationality:
Russian
|
Soviet
Born: February 24, 1872, Taganrog Died: May 25, 1964, Moscow (age 92)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
friend, colleague
Nationality:
Russian
|
Soviet
Born: September 25, 1906, St. Petersburg Died: August 9, 1975, Moscow (age 68)
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
- duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
- 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
- nocturne [F], notturno [I], nocturno, Nachtstück [G]—Night music. A romantic character piece depicting moods of the evening or night: quiet, reflective, perhaps romance and melancholy or even restlessness and fantasy. The most famous nocturnes come originally from the piano literature, e.g. John Field and Chopin, et. al.
- piece, pièce [F], stück [G], stücke [pl], pezzo [I], pezzi[pl]—a single-movement, self-sufficient musical work. Often used for short, individual works in a set or simply to indicate brevity without a titular suggestion of form or character.Chiefly contrasted with the term "movement", a piece which is an integral part of a larger whole without which it would be incomplete.
- scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio