Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatté

Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901-1974)

Nationality: Canadian | Russian
Born: December 24, 1901, Moscow Died: December 2, 1974, Stuttgart (age 73)
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String Quartet No. 1, E.103

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
14:04 I. Largo e molto espressivo
10:31 II. Molto sostenuto e espressivo
7:26 III. Scherzo. Tranquillo, Vivace e spiritouso
10:16 IV. Allegro spirituoso (Doppelfuge)
Duration: 43 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1938 (age 36-37)
1 recording, 4 videos
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14:04
Schlesisches Streichquartett: Franz Schätzer, Georg Olowson, Emil Kessinger, Albert Müller-Stahlberg
I. Largo e molto espressivo
10:31
Schlesisches Streichquartett: Franz Schätzer, Georg Olowson, Emil Kessinger, Albert Müller-Stahlberg
II. Molto sostenuto e espressivo
7:26
Schlesisches Streichquartett: Franz Schätzer, Georg Olowson, Emil Kessinger, Albert Müller-Stahlberg
III. Scherzo. Tranquillo, Vivace e spiritouso
10:16
Schlesisches Streichquartett: Franz Schätzer, Georg Olowson, Emil Kessinger, Albert Müller-Stahlberg
IV. Allegro spirituoso (Doppelfuge)

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glossary

  • 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
  • double fugue, Doppelfuge [G]—a fugue with two subjects (generally exposed separately but ultimately played together)
  • e [It]—and
  • espressivo [It], con espressione, expressif [Fr]—expressive, with expression.with feeling
  • fugue, fuga, fuge [G], fuguette, fugen [G,pl]—a contrapuntal procedure (form) involving a musical subject (theme) that is successively imitated by multiple overlapping voices. There is a vast canon of rules (concepts) for creating elaborate and diverse fugues with an infinite variety of character based on fairly specific parameters. Fugues (or partial fugato) are found throughout classical music from the late Renaissance to the present.
  • largo—slow, solemn, sustained.slower than lento. faster than grave
  • 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
  • sostenuto [I], soutenu [F]—sustained, perhaps a bit slow
  • spirito, con spirito, spiritoso, spirituoso—Spirited, lively
  • string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S]—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.
  • vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro