Richard Henry Walthew (1872-1951)

Nationality: English

Born: November 4, 1872, London Died: November 14, 1951, East Preston (age 79)

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A Short Quintet for Clarinet Quintet in E-flat major

(for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello)

Allegro amabile - Lento con moto - Allegro ma non troppo

Duration: 17 minutes (approximately)

1 recording, 1 videos

16:31

Stephan Siegenthaler, Leipziger Streichquartett

Teacher

Nationality: English

Born: February 27, 1848, Bournemouth Died: October 7, 1918, Rustington (age 70)

allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
amabile, con amabilità—tender, gentle, kind, amiable
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
clarinet quintet—Most often refers to the chamber ensemble (and work) for string quartet and clarinet, a long cultivated genre of chamber music from Mozart to the present era.
con [I,S]—with
lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
ma—but, however
moto, con moto, di moto—motion, with motion. Somewhat more lively than its context would suggest, e.g. "andante con moto", a little more lively than andante
quintet, quintette [F], quintett [G], quintetto [I]—an ensemble / work for 5 players, the typical examples being string quintet (with second viola or cello), piano quintet or woodwind quintet
troppo [I], non troppo, trop [F]—too, too much. non troppo means "not too much". e.g. "Allegro ma non troppo" means fast, but not too much