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Vilma von Webenau (1875-1953)
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Austrian
Born: February 15, 1875, Constantinople Died: October 9, 1953, Vienna (age 78)
String Quartet No. 2
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| I. | Allegro moderato | ||
| II. | Presto | ||
| III. | Andante | ||
| IV. | Allegro |
Duration: 19 minutes (approximately)
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Epos:Quartett, Sophie Heinrich Violine , Verena Sommer Violine , Klaus Christa Viola , François Poly Violoncello
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Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
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Nationality:
Austrian
Born: September 13, 1874, Vienna Died: July 13, 1951, Los Angeles (age 76)
glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- andante [I]—moderately slow tempo (e.g. walking). Faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
- 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
- presto—very fast, more so than allegro.
- 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
- string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—ensemble or a work 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 | wiki