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String Quartet, P. 144, Quartetto dorico [Doric, Dorian]
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| Energico - Allegro moderato - Elegiaco (adagio) - Moderato energico (Passacaglia) |
Duration: 22 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1924 (age 44-45)
4 recordings,
4 videos
21:09
Brodsky String Quartet
19:49
Quartetto di Lugano
22:39
Quartetto d'Archi di Venezia
22:30
Doric Quartet
Related Composers
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Teacher
Nationality:
German
Born: January 6, 1838, Cologne Died: October 2, 1920, Berlin (age 82)
Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Student
Nationality:
Hungarian
Born: December 15, 1905, Nagykanizsa Died: October 10, 2000, Budapest (age 94)
glossary
- adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
- 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
- doric, dorian, dorico [I]—in the dorian mode, a modal scale rooted on D (from church modes) that is neither major nor minor but a curious blend of both.
- elegy, elégie [F], elegie [G], elegisch, elegiaco, elegaico [I], élégiaque [F], elegia—a plaintive, mournful poem, more specifically a lament for the dead. Usually implies a slow tempo, a minor key and a dark poignancy with potential spikes of tragic agony or, just as well, a gentle, bright flowering into nostalgic love of great tenderness. A musical narrative combining all of these moods is a hauntingly faithful representation of grief
- energico, con energia, énergique [F], avec énergie [F], energisch [G]—with energy, force, vigor and power
- 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
- passacaglia, passacaille [F], pasacalle [S]—A variation form based on a recurring bass line or chord progression closely related to the chaconne. Of Spanish origin first appearing in the early 17th century. Some generalizations suggest a grave character, a minor key and a triple meter. wiki
- 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