Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901-1974)

Nationality: Canadian | Russian

Born: December 24, 1901, Moscow Died: December 2, 1974, Stuttgart (age 73)

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Concertino, E.159

(for cello and piano)

Duration: 17 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1970 (age 68-69)

1 recording, 3 videos

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3:57

Dorothy Bishop, Delores Keahey

I. Allegro a piacere e deciso

7:19

Dorothy Bishop, Delores Keahey

II. Lento ma non troppo

4:53

Dorothy Bishop, Delores Keahey

III. Allegro assai e giocoso

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Nationality: French

Born: October 14, 1859, Paris Died: May 30, 1923, Paris (age 63)

Teacher

Nationality: French

Born: March 27, 1851, Paris Died: December 2, 1931, Paris (age 80)

allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
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
concertino [I]—a small / short concerto (soloist(s) and ensemble); a group of solo instruments in a Baroque concerto grosso; a section of music played by the concertino
deciso [It]—decisive, bold, forceful
duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
e [It]—and
giocoso, giocando, con gioco, giojoso—humorous, jocose, merry joking
lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
ma—but, however
piacere [i], a piacere—freely, as you please, ad libitum
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