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Nicholas Maw

Nicholas Maw (1935-2009)

Nationality: English
Born: November 5, 1935, Grantham Died: May 19, 2009, Washington, DC (age 73)
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String Quartet No. 3

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
3:35 I. Moderato grazioso
3:44 II. Larghetto pesante
3:54 III. Presto volante
4:20 IV. Allegro marcato
6:39 V. Lento molto
Duration: 24 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1994-1995 (age 58-60)
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1 recording, 5 videos
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3:35
Coull Quartet
I. Moderato grazioso
3:44
Coull Quartet
II. Larghetto pesante
3:54
Coull Quartet
III. Presto volante
4:20
Coull Quartet
IV. Allegro marcato
6:39
Coull Quartet
V. Lento molto

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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
  • grazioso [I], con grazia, gratioso, graziös [G], Mit Grazie—graceful, gracefully; easy
  • larghetto—slow, but a bit faster than largo
  • lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
  • marcato [i], markiert [G], marqué [F]—accented, stressed, marked, emphasized, pronounced
  • 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
  • pesante, pesantemente, con pesantezza, pesant, pesamment, pesado—heavy, slow, deliberate, weighty, ponderous
  • 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
  • string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—ensemble or a work 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 | wiki
  • volant [F], volante [I]—flying