String Quartet No. 2
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 7:42 | I. | Agitato | |
| 5:25 | II. | Allegro scherzando | |
| 8:12 | III. | Funebre | |
| 8:27 | IV. | Molto Allegro |
Duration: 30 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1991 (age 39-40)
1 recordings,
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7:42
Cuarteto Latino Americano
I.
Agitato
5:25
Cuarteto Latino Americano
II.
Allegro scherzando
8:12
Cuarteto Latino Americano
III.
Funebre
8:27
Cuarteto Latino Americano
IV.
Molto Allegro
glossary
- agitato, agité [F]—agitated, restless, excited
- 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
- funebre [I], funereo, funèbre [F]—funereal, gloomy, sad; generally more grave than an elegy; often features a slow tempo march in the manner of "Pray for the dead . . ."
- molto [It]—very much
- quartet, quatuor [F], quartett [G], quartetto [I]—ensemble or work for four players the most important examples being the string quartet and the piano quartet
- scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
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string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I]—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.