Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901-1974)
Nationality:
Canadian
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Russian
Born: December 24, 1901, Moscow Died: December 2, 1974, Stuttgart (age 73)
String Quartet No. 2, E.107
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 10:20 | I. | Moderato | |
| 12:08 | II. | Andante. Thema und Variationen | |
| 8:23 | III. | Scherzo. Vivace non troppo | |
| 5:28 | IV. | Finale. Allegro moderato |
Duration: 37 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1943 (age 41-42)
1 recording,
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10:20
Hainburger Quartett / Festival Quartet of Canada: Arthur Polson, Eugene Kowalski, Rennie Regehr, Clara Benjamin
I.
Moderato
12:08
Hainburger Quartett / Festival Quartet of Canada: Arthur Polson, Eugene Kowalski, Rennie Regehr, Clara Benjamin
II.
Andante. Thema und Variationen
8:23
Hainburger Quartett / Festival Quartet of Canada: Arthur Polson, Eugene Kowalski, Rennie Regehr, Clara Benjamin
III.
Scherzo. Vivace non troppo
5:28
Hainburger Quartett / Festival Quartet of Canada: Arthur Polson, Eugene Kowalski, Rennie Regehr, Clara Benjamin
IV.
Finale. Allegro moderato
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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
- moderato [I], moderamente, modéré [F], modérément [F]—moderately, at a moderate tempo, applying a touch of restraint to its related word(s), e.g. allegro moderato
- 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
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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. - 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
- und [G]—and
- vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro