Zygmunt Noskowski

Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909)

Nationality: Polish
Born: May 2, 1846, Warsaw Died: July 23, 1909, Warsaw (age 63)
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String Quartet No. 3 in e minor, Fantasy

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
I. Allegro espressivo
II. Moderato scherzando
III. Largo tragico
IV. Allegro feroce
Duration: 34 minutes (approximately)
Composed: (?) 1884 (age 37-38)

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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
  • espressivo [It], con espressione, expressif [Fr]—expressive, with expression.with feeling
  • feroce [I]—ferocious, violent, wild, resolute, bold, fiercely
  • largo—slow, solemn, sustained.slower than lento. faster than grave
  • 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
  • scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
  • 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.
  • tragico [I]—tragic