Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Nationality:
Austrian
Born: January 27, 1756, Salzburg Died: December 5, 1791, Vienna (age 35)
Five Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier for String Quartet, K. 405
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
| 1:54 | I. | C minor (after BWV 871) | |
| 1:52 | II. | E-flat Major (after BWV 876) | |
| 2:45 | III. | E Major (after BWV 878) | |
| 2:37 | IV. | D-sharp minor (after BWV 877) | |
| 1:54 | V. | D Major (after BWV 874) |
Duration: 9 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1782 (age 25-26)
3 recordings,
15 videos
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1:35
Hagen Quartet
I.
C minor (after BWV 871)
2:04
Hagen Quartet
II.
E-flat Major (after BWV 876)
3:08
Hagen Quartet
III.
E Major (after BWV 878)
2:18
Hagen Quartet
IV.
D-sharp minor (after BWV 877)
1:25
Hagen Quartet
V.
D Major (after BWV 874)
1:54
Quartetto Elisa
I.
C minor (after BWV 871)
1:47
Quartetto Elisa
II.
E-flat Major (after BWV 876)
1:29
Quartetto Elisa
III.
E Major (after BWV 878)
2:04
Quartetto Elisa
IV.
D-sharp minor (after BWV 877)
2:22
Quartetto Elisa
V.
D Major (after BWV 874)
2:31
Orion String Quartet
I.
C minor (after BWV 871)
1:31
Orion String Quartet
II.
E-flat Major (after BWV 876)
3:15
Orion String Quartet
III.
E Major (after BWV 878)
3:48
Orion String Quartet
IV.
D-sharp minor (after BWV 877)
2:23
Orion String Quartet
V.
D Major (after BWV 874)
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glossary
- 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
- e [It]—and
- 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.
- major, maggiore [I], magiore, maiore, majeur—major, i.e. major key. Often used to mark a sectional key transition from minor to major as in a trio or a theme and variations
- 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. - transcription, transcribe—To re-score a work for an ensemble of instruments different from the original version. Typical examples include orchestrating piano or chamber works and visa versa. Within the realm of chamber music, a work for winds might be transcribed for strings, a symphony into a string quartet, a trio featuring a clarinet substituting a viola. One interesting question is: who made the transcription, the original composer? One interesting effect is that the transcription may become favored over the original. One of the most curious transcriptions in all of chamber music is Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht", transcribed from string sextet to piano trio with amazing success by one of his students.