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Ragamala for String Quartet
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 9:24 | I. | Fantasie (Bihag) | |
| 9:24 | II. | Scherzo (Malkauns) | |
| 6:07 | III. | Recitative (Basant) | |
| 6:21 | IV. | Rondo (Jōg) |
Duration: 19 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
2013 (age 29-30)
1 recording,
4 videos
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9:24
Verona Quartet
I.
Fantasie (Bihag)
9:24
Verona Quartet
II.
Scherzo (Malkauns)
6:07
Verona Quartet
III.
Recitative (Basant)
6:21
Verona Quartet
IV.
Rondo (Jōg)
glossary
- 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
- fantasie, fancy, fantasia, fantasy, fantazy, fantazia, phantasy, phantasie, fantaisie [F] —generally, a piece of music favoring a free flight of expression over strict adherence to formal rules; suggesting an improvisational character. However, there are at least two more specific historical meanings: 1) the fantasia/fantasie/fancy of English Renaissance viol consort music and 2) Cobbett's Phantasie, an early 20th century form of single-movement chamber music inspired by the Renaissance fancy with the goal of stimulating new English chamber or "consort" music.
- 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
- recitative [I], recitativo, récitative [F], récitatif, récit, rezitativ [G]—vocal style that imitates speech: reciting (speaking) rather than singing; a passage for solo instrument
- rondo—sectional movement form featuring a recurring refrain between contrasting episodes in a variety of plans, a typical one being ABACABA (A is the refrain; B and C are episodes). Often used for finales.
- scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio
- 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