Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Nationality: German

Born: June 11, 1864, Munich Died: September 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (age 85)

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Metamorphosen (for String Septet)

(for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and bass)

Duration: 28 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1945 (age 80-81)

4 recordings, 4 videos

24:59

Gringolts Quartet, et. al.

26:47

Karolina Weltrowska, et. al.

26:07

Walton, et. al.

28:13

Staatskapelle Weimar, Wit

friend

Nationality: German

Born: November 30, 1861, Bozen Died: February 5, 1907, Munich (age 45)

Student

Nationality: Belgian

Born: December 14, 1873, Liège Died: July 12, 1953, Sart-lez-Spa (age 79)

Teacher

Nationality: German

Born: March 17, 1839, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Died: November 25, 1901, Munich (age 62)

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
septet, septuor [F], septett[G]—seven; ensemble (or work) for seven players
transcription, transcribe—To re-score a work for an ensemble of instruments different from the original version. Typical examples include orchestrating piano or chamber works and visa versa. Within the realm of chamber music, a work for winds might be transcribed for strings, a symphony into a string quartet, a trio featuring a clarinet substituting a viola. One interesting question is: who made the transcription, the original composer? One interesting effect is that the transcription may become favored over the original. One of the most curious transcriptions in all of chamber music is Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht", transcribed from string sextet to piano trio with amazing success by one of his students.