String Quartet : Musical Ensemble, Violin, Viola, Cello, Classical Music, Late String Quartets (Beethoven), Alessandro Scarlatti, Piano Quintet, String Quintet

Frederic P. Miller

ISBN 10: 6133843241 / ISBN 13: 9786133843240

Published by Omniscriptum, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: String Quartet : Musical Ensemble, Violin, Viola, Cello, Classical Music, Late String Quartets (Beethoven), Alessandro Scarlatti, Piano Quintet, String Quintet
• Publisher: Omniscriptum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6133843241
• ISBN 13: 9786133843240
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 8D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 197 grams

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Synopsis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players — usually two violinists, a violist and a cellist — or a piece written to be performed by such a group. The string quartet is one of the most prominent chamber ensembles in classical music. The string quartet is widely seen as one of the most important forms in chamber music, with most major composers, from the late 18th century onwards, writing string quartets. A composition for four players of stringed instruments may be in any form. Quartets written in the classical period usually have four movements with a large-scale structure similar to that of a symphony: the outer movements are typically fast, the inner movements quartet consisting of a slow movement and a dance movement of some sort (e.g., minuet or scherzo), in either order. Substantial modifications to the typical structure were already achieved in Beethoven''s later quartets, and despite some notable examples to the contrary, composers writing in the twentieth century increasingly abandoned this structure.