Rued Langgaard (1893-1952)
Nationality:
Danish
Born: July 28, 1893, Copenhagen Died: July 10, 1952, Ribe (age 59)
String Quartet in A-flat major, BVN 155
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 6:30 | I. | Allegro con brio | |
| 3:06 | II. | Molto allegro scherzando | |
| 5:47 | III. | Lento dolente | |
| 7:15 | IV. | Allegro agitato |
Duration: 22 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1918 (age 24-25)
1 recording,
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6:30
Nightingale String Quartet
I.
Allegro con brio
3:06
Nightingale String Quartet
II.
Molto allegro scherzando
5:47
Nightingale String Quartet
III.
Lento dolente
7:15
Nightingale String Quartet
IV.
Allegro agitato
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Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Teacher
Nationality:
Danish
Born: June 9, 1865, Sortelung, Funen Died: October 3, 1931, Copenhagen (age 66)
glossary
- agitato, agité [F]—agitated, restless, excited
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- brio [I], con brio, brioso—vigor, vigorously, with fire
- 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
- doloroso, con dolore, dolente, dolent [F]—mournful, plaintive, grieving, lamenting
- lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
- molto [It]—very much
- 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
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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.