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Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972)
Nationality:
German
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American
Born: August 25, 1902, Berlin Died: April 4, 1972, New York City (age 69)
Suite im Hexachord
(for oboe and clarinet)
| I. | Sostenuto | ||
| II. | Pastorale | ||
| III. | Fuge | ||
| IV. | Adagio |
Duration: 14 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1936 (age 33-34)
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glossary
- adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
- 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
- duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
- 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.
- hexachord—a six-note series or pitch collection, typically a part of a scale, tone row or motive
- pastorale, pastoral—referring to the bucolic setting of shepherds, the countryside and an idealized relationship to nature
- sostenuto [I], soutenu [F], sostenido [S]—sustained, perhaps a bit slow
- suite—a set of instrumental pieces (movements) played together to create a larger whole. Suites tend towards collections of dances, frequently in the same key, preceded by a prelude, introduction or overture.