Rued Langgaard (1893-1952)

Nationality: Danish

Born: July 28, 1893, Copenhagen Died: July 10, 1952, Ribe (age 59)

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String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

7:30	I.	Poco allegro rapinoso
1:41	II.	Presto scherzoso artizioso
5:37	III.	Tranquillo - Schernevole - Tranquillo - Mosso Frenetico - Maestoso

Duration: 14 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1924 (age 30-31)

1 recording, 3 videos

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7:30

Nightingale String Quartet

I. Poco allegro rapinoso

1:41

Nightingale String Quartet

II. Presto scherzoso artizioso

5:37

Nightingale String Quartet

III. Tranquillo - Schernevole - Tranquillo - Mosso Frenetico - Maestoso

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Nationality: Danish

Born: June 9, 1865, Sortelung, Funen Died: October 3, 1931, Copenhagen (age 66)

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
frenetico [I]—frenetic; fast, energetic, wild, uncontrolled
maestoso—With dignity and nobility; majestic
mosso—moved, with motion, stirred, agitated
presto—very fast, more so than allegro.
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
scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—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.
tranquillo [It], tranquille [F], tranquillement—tranquil, peaceful, soft