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	classical music - andante - beethoven: string quartets nos. 7, 8 and 9 ('rasumovsky' quartets); no. 10 ('harp')
		The TakÃ¡cs Quartet begin in the middle of what is to be a complete set of the Beethoven string quartets.
		The playing is of the highest standard: exuberant, yet also alive to the softest, tenderest gradations; tempos are well chosen and finely sustained; there is a strong sense of direction; all four musicians are equally adept at taking the lead and slipping into an accompanimental role.
		The very different challenges of the four quartets are met boldly, the quirky nature of the "Harp" as confidently brought off as is the immense stature of the first "Rasumovsky" and the elusive nature of the second in E minor.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=17466 (477 words)

	genres
		String quartets are scored for 2 violins, viola and cello and regarded as the quintessential chamber music genre from the Classical Era to the 20th century.
		In the classical period string quartets were written for the connoisseurs and tended to be compositionally more complex and intellectually challenging than popular pieces written for amateurs.
		is regarded the "father" of the string quartet who developed the genre from a simple string ensemble led by the 1st violin into a "conversation of 4 equals".
	music.arts.unsw.edu.au /musicliterature/quartets.htm (322 words)

	INKPOT#99 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: MARTINU String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2. Martinu Quartet (Naxos)
		The first two numbered quartets are not entirely dissimilar in character, the first written while Martinu (right) was a rank-and-file violinist in the Czech Philharmonic and stylistically already drawing heavily from the emerging vogue of Ravel and Debussy.
		There are many memorable passages: the immediate pungency of the opening of the allegro con brio of the first quartet that immediately seizes the listener and refuses to let go; the sprightly dance-like momentum with which the second quartet begins; the lilting dissonances that frame the meditation of the slow movement in the second quartet.
		Written when he was a thirteen-year-old and listed as H.1 in the Halbreich catalog, Tri jezdci ("The Three Horsemen") is based on the ballad of the trio of noblemen who brought news of the burning of Jan Hus.
	inkpot.com /classical/martinusqtnaxos.html (964 words)

	Amazon.com: Shostakovich: The String Quartets: Music: Dmitry Shostakovich,Fitzwilliam String Quartet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Shostakovich wrote most of his 15 string quartets late in life; the second quartet was written after the 8th symphony.
		The Fitzwilliam quartet premiered quartet no. 15 in the west, and their recording, made only a few years after the premiere (1975), brings out the bleak contours of a musical language simplified down to the barest of bare bones.
		Although the 15 quartets are spread out over 6 CDs as compared to 5 for the Emersons, Decca offers this cycle at roughly half the cost of the DG cycle (it's much cheaper than that, even, on the used market).
	www.amazon.com /Shostakovich-String-Quartets-Dmitry/dp/B0000042HV (1800 words)

	Other Strolling Violinists
		Quartet, Trio, and Duo, performs often as a Solo and Strolling Violinist for Weddings and Corporate Events, and plays regularly with the Steven Vance Vienna Nights Orchestra, Café Trio, and Strio Strolling Violin Trio.
		Ron is a full-time high school choral and string orchestra music teacher and is also an accomplished guitarist and gives private instruction in guitar and violin.
		Larry is a graduate of the University of Cincinnatti, taught Elementary Strings music in the North Hills and Upper St. Clair school districts for 12 years, and since 1972 has been a member of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, Pittsburgh Ballet Orchestra, and the Civic Light Opera Orchestra.
	www.strollingviolins.com /other.html (508 words)

	All Things Strings: Reviews
		So just look at the best of list as a way for frequent Strings contributors to share a few of the many outstanding recordings that stood the test of time, so to speak, throughout a yearlong deluge of shiny little discs into which many talented and creative string players poured their hearts and souls.
		80, is a staple in the quartet repertoire.
		Quartet for Piano and Strings; Phantasy for Violin and Piano; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Three Contrapuntal Studies for Violin and Viola.
	www.stringsmagazine.com /issues/Strings125/reviews.html (2532 words)

	String Quartets
		Chronological Lists of the String Quartets of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
		From 1775, the quartets of Haydn and Mozart "are simply the high points in an intense cultivation of the string quartet in Vienna in the last quarter of the 18th century, which made it a major preoccupation of composers, publishers and performers alike." [NG XVIII 279.]
		String Quartets in F K. 168; in A K. 169; in C K. 170; in Eb K. 171; in Bb K. 172; in d K. [Composed in Vienna]
	plato.acadiau.ca /courses/musi/callon/2243/quartet1.htm (1413 words)

	Compact Discs of Chamber Music for Solo Strings in the UNLV Music Library
		String quartets = Streichquartette = Quatuors a cordes : "Razumovsky" op.
		String quartet no. 1 in A major ; String quartet no. 2 in D major / Borodin.
		String quartet in E minor ; In moonlight (Canto popolare) ; Piano quintet in A minor / Elgar.
	library.nevada.edu /music/info/stringcds.html (3851 words)

	String Quartet Groups Index
		Groups are listed alphabetically, ignoring the words "Quartet" and "String" in any language (eg "Quartetto Italiano" under "I").
		Second generation quartets named with the word "New..." are listed under the original name (eg "New Budapest Quartet" under "B").
		Quartets named after people are listed under the family name (eg "Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet" under "M").
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/1790/q_gi.htm (170 words)

	String quartets: Mozart vs. Haydn
		The repertoire consists of all of their string quartets, 100 movements from Mozart and 212 movements from Haydn.
		As a controlled experiment, repertoires are defined as two randomly assigned, and mutually exclusive lists of quartets.
		A user is played, the MIDI piano version of, a quartet from either composer by equal chance, and is asked to identify the composer.
	ccrma.stanford.edu /~jacobliu/254report/String_quartets_Mozart.html (314 words)

	The Gordon Collection of String Music
		By 1930 the demand for quartet appearances had become so great that he resigned from his position in the orchestra in order to devote his entire time to the ensemble and to his own solo playing.
		In the larger cities where the quartet performed, the members were greeted by enthusiasts whose interest already lay in the standard works of chamber music and in the newer compositions being written for that medium.
		It is a working library of string quartets, solo violin compositions, and encore pieces representative of various styles of composition from the classical times to the present, for not only was Mr.
	www.lib.rochester.edu /index.cfm?page=2456 (1131 words)

	Classical Net - Books About Music - Reference
		Lists every combination including pianos, from duos to octets, and lists piano ensembles for every instrument including tape recorder.
		Lists many makers with full descriptions of instruments, dates, registers, histories, and ownership and brief biographies of makers.
		Lists of biographical material on composers, works, duration of pieces, performing forces of work, text, first performance,editions, notes on performance issues, fine section on text sources.
	www.classical.net /music/books/reference.html (2054 words)

	K168a etc. String Quartet Fragments MozartForum Articles
		Einstein was certain this was the fragment Constanze Mozart listed in a letter of March 1, 1800 to Breitkopf and Härtel as the "entire first part of the first Allegro to a Violin Quartet in e-minor: 14 measures" [a slip for 54 measures].
		Alfred Einstein saw this as the beginning of a String Quartet in A, but any further realization of the movement was abandon in favor of that of the Quartet movement K464, and placed it as K464a in late 1784 or January 1785.
		Listed in the Appendix of Georg Nissen's Mozart biography as Nr.24 is an Adagio for Sting Quartet in F-major, 8 measures.
	www.mozartforum.com /Lore/article.php?id=295 (1808 words)

	classical music - andante - chamber music, expanded for a bigger chamber
		Of all the string quartets to adapt for orchestral forces, JanÃ¡cek's First would probably be near the bottom of most people's lists.
		But it's a tricky equation to balance: on the one hand, in a string orchestra you have a greater range of textures and dynamics to play with; on the other, the string quartet is such an intensely self-sufficient medium that to expand it is to risk watering it down.
		That this orchestral version of JanÃ¡cek's quartet works so well as a musical experience is due not only to Tognetti's sensitive approach but also to the superb playing of his band.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=19145 (651 words)

	Tuba-Euphonium Blog
		(There are other types of brass quartets, but this article will focus on the specific instrumentation of 2 cornets, horn or alto horn, and euphonium.) This is a more-or-less standard ensemble in Europe (especially England) and is a direct parallel to the standard string quartet, which is 2 violins (=cornets), viola (=horn), and cello (=euphonium).
		There is also a string quintet that is parallel to a brass quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, and bass (=tuba).
		It seems the string quartet serves audiences well as a more facile ensemble with an instrument (cello) that can still provide a nice bottom end to the sound.
	www.dwerden.com /blog3/direct_link.cfm?bid=0C7EADD7-BCFD-EFC2-9BE8A4826F67FDF5 (520 words)

	aworks :: "new" american classical music: String Quartet No. 1 (1966). Gloria Coates
		Trying to be as polite as I can, and avoiding use of the sorts of words I would really like to use, I would suggest that the only resemblance between this stuff and music is that it is played on instruments otherwise used for musical purposes.
		Listed below are links to weblogs that reference String Quartet No. 1 (1966).
		why is the Haydn's Emperor String Quartet disliked by World War Two Veterans?...
	rgable.typepad.com /aworks/2005/03/string_quartet__1.html (395 words)

	CERES Music - Georgetown University Library
		All listed below are located in the Gelardin New Media Center, on the 1st floor of Lauinger Library.
		String quartet no. 4 ; 44 Duos, vol.
		String quartet no. 1 in A; String quartet no. 2 in D
	www.library.georgetown.edu /dept/collect/lists/russianmusic.htm (1096 words)

	RIAA's "Grammy Hall of Fame Recordings" on Lists of Bests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		When you are finished editing and re-ordering this list, click here.
		The Grammy Hall of Fame Award is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and that have “qualitative or historical significance”.
		I’ve also chosen to list the year of RELEASE of each honoree…rather than the year the RIAA decided to enshrine them in the Hall.
	www.listsofbests.com /list/6010 (291 words)

	Kronos Quartet
		Kronos commissioned and recorded the three string quartets of Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, with whom the group has been working for nearly 20 years.
		The Quartet spends five months of each year on tour, appearing in concert halls, clubs, and festivals around the world including BAM Next Wave Festival, Carnegie Hall, the Barbican in London, WOMAD, UCLA's Royce Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Shanghai Concert Hall and the Sydney Opera House.
		The quartet is committed to mentoring emerging professional performers, and in 2007 Kronos led its first Professional Training Workshop with four string quartets as part of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall.
	kronosquartet.org /info/bio.html (537 words)

	Classical Net - Books About Music - Chamber Music
		The purpose of this list is to provide an overview of books concerned with topics in chamber music.
		While the Beethoven string quartets are to chamber music what the plays of Shakespeare are to drama, even seasoned concertgoers will welcome guidance with these personal and sometimes enigmatic works.
		Former Fine Arts Quartet member Abram Loft draws on his vast experience to guide the reader through thirty cornerstones of the chamber music repertoire from Haydn and Mozart to Debussy and Bartók.
	www.classical.net /~music/books/chamber.html (852 words)

	Carnegie Mellon Libraries: Music: Composition
		A selected list of chamber works organized by composer with instrumentation, length, and publisher information.
		Including a "historical introduction" this book lists existing string quartets by 20th century composers, the length, and information on the publishing and recording.
		This book is organized by composer and lists their solo piano pieces with selected information about the piece.
	www.library.cmu.edu /Research/Arts/Music/musicomp3.html (1010 words)

	Records International May 2002 Catalogue
		ARTHUR BLISS (1891-1975): Piano Quartet in A Minor, Angels of the Mind for Soprano and Piano, Triptych for Piano, 4 Songs for Voice, Violin and Piano, The Rout Trot for Piano, Bliss for Piano.
		CARL STAMITZ (1746-1801): Quartet in A for Flute, Violin, Viola and Continuo, Op.
		String trio and double bass are joined by trumpet, clarinet and percussion in several of these dances by the father son combination of Austrian composers and bandleaders Fahrbach.
	www.recordsinternational.com /RICatalogMay02.html (9929 words)

	K589 The Various Fragments for the Final Movement of this String Quartet MozartForum Articles
		This is the String Quartet in Bb K589, the second of the Quartets Mozart originally planned to dedicate to the King of Prussia, Frederick William II.
		Tyson explained as their is nothing to connect K589a to the Quartet K589 but its key of Bb, "it is much more plausible" to to associate it with the Bb String Quartet K458 of 1784.
		In the 1960 volume of String Quartets for the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe Ludwig Finscher wrote the similarity of K458b and the finale of K458 is "strikingly large".
	www.mozartforum.com /Lore/article.php?id=293 (751 words)

	Sheet music at JW Pepper
		This collection of 5 quartets -- three from composer Douglas Townsend and two arrangements of baroque and classical works -- are great pieces for budding young violinists.
		Quartets of virtually any combination will really enjoy this collection of 13 hymns, spirituals, classical and liturgical sacred music.
		Parts are available for all standard band and string instruments, and each selection can be played together in harmony by any number or combination of instruments.
	jwpepper.com /Strings_Solo_Ensemble_Violin_Quartets.list (459 words)

	Middle String Quartets, Opp. 59, 74, and 95 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Supreme masterpieces of the genre: 3 Rasumovsky String Quartets (Op.
		74 ("Harp"), and String Quartet in F minor, Op.
		6 quartets of Opus 18; 3 quartets of Opus 59; Opera 74, 95, 127, 130, 131, 132, 135 and Grosse Fuge.
	www.doverdirect.com /0486419053.html (284 words)

	Release: Complete Mozart Edition, Volume 12: String Quartets (disc 7) - MusicBrainz
		String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 "Prussian I": II.
		String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 "Prussian I": III.
		String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 "Prussian I": IV.
	musicbrainz.org /release/fc3958ed-8d94-425c-91a2-9c3b64e15196.html (145 words)

	ProArt Music-Your source for LIVE Music
		Combinations and substitutions can include substituting flute or oboe for a violin in the string trio or string quartet, harp violin or viola and cello, guitar and voice, flute and guitar, violin and piano, flute and piano, violin cello and piano, guitar and violin, as well as others.
		String quartets carry in large halls and churches without amplification and provides a wide array of color pallets and dynamic ranges.
		String trios are still able to carry through halls and churches but are more appropriate for smaller spaces.
	www.proartmusic.com /Weddings.htm (554 words)

	String quartets: Mozart vs. Haydn
		The repertoire consists of all of their string quartets, 100 movements from Mozart and 212 movements from Haydn.
		As a controlled experiment, repertoires are defined as two randomly assigned, and mutually exclusive lists of quartets.
		A user is played, the MIDI piano version of, a quartet from either composer by equal chance, and is asked to identify the composer.
	ccrma-www.stanford.edu /~jacobliu/254report/String_quartets_Mozart.html (314 words)

	Embellishments 8: Four Viennese String Quintets
		fter the string quartet, the string quintet was the most popular chamber music genre of the eighteenth century, and its prominence continued well into the nineteenth century, through the time of Brahms.
		The Quintet in F minor (Benton 277) is one of approximately fifteen string quintets by Pleyel composed or copied in Vienna between 1785 and 1789.
		Krommer was a prolific composer: his output included approximately ten symphonies (some of them lost, numerous violin concertos, and a large quantity of chamber works including 26 string quintets published between 1797 and the mid-1820s (second in number only to his string quartets, of which more than 70 are known).
	www.areditions.com /rr/embellish/1999_08/quintets.html (876 words)

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