Juilliard String Quartet

Movements:
1. Contrapunctus 1
2. Contrapunctus 2
3. Contrapunctus 3
4. Contrapunctus 4
5. Contrapunctus 5
6. Contrapunctus 6
7. Contrapunctus 7
8. Contrapunctus 8
9. Contrapunctus 9
10....Read more

Movements:
1. Contrapunctus 1
2. Contrapunctus 2
3. Contrapunctus 3
4. Contrapunctus 4
5. Contrapunctus 5
6. Contrapunctus 6
7. Contrapunctus 7
8. Contrapunctus 8
9. Contrapunctus 9
10. Contrapunctus 10
11. Contrapunctus 11
12. Contrapunctus inversus a 4 (forma inversa)
13. Contrapunctus inversus a 4 (forma recta)
14. Contrapunctus inversus a 3 (forma recta)
15. Contrapunctus inversus a 3 (forma inversa)
16. Canon alla Ottava
17. Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
18. Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla Quinta
19. Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu
20. Fuga a 3 soggetti

A cycle of fugues and canons on a common theme. The ordering and inclusion of mirror versions vary between editions and performances; the final fugue is unfinished. Chorales added in some concert programmes are excluded from this outline.
Original title: Die Kunst der Fuge.

Dating is not uniform: alongside 1742-1750, ~1736-1750 is also proposed. These datings may refer to different stages of composition or versions.

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A setting of Matthew Arnold’s poem.

Original text

The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits; on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of...Read more

A setting of Matthew Arnold’s poem.

Original text

The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits; on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!
Only, from the long line of spray
Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,
Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.

Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Ægæan, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.

Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.

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I. Lento - II. (Allegretto) Introduzione - III. Allegro vivace

1. Moderato
2. Allegro molto capriccioso
3. Lento

Prima parte. Moderato - Seconda parte. Allegro. Recapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato - Coda. Allegro molto

1. Allegro
2. Prestissimo, con sordino
3. Non troppo lento
4. Allegretto pizzicato
5. Allegro molto

1. Allegro
2. Adagio molto
3. Scherzo
4. Andante
5. Finale

1. Mesto - Piu mosso, pesante
2. Mesto - Marcia
3. Mesto - Burletta
4. Mesto - Molto tranquillo

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.1.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1798-00.

Dedication: Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz .

Movements:
1. Allegro con brio (, F...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.1.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1798-00.

Dedication: Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz .

Movements:
1. Allegro con brio (, F major)
2. Adagio affettuoso ed appasionato (, D minor)
3. Scherzo. Allegro molto (, F major)
4. Allegro (, F major)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.10.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1809.

Dedication: Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz .

Movements:
1. Poco adagio - Allegro (E...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.10.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1809.

Dedication: Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz .

Movements:
1. Poco adagio - Allegro (E ♭ major)
2. Adagio ma non troppo (A ♭ major)
3. Presto (C minor) - Più presto quasi prestissimo (C major)
4. Allegretto con variazioni (E ♭ major)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.11.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1810-11.

Dedication: Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovetz.

Movements:
1. Allegro con brio (F minor)
2. Allegretto...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.11.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1810-11.

Dedication: Nikolaus Zmeskall von Domanovetz.

Movements:
1. Allegro con brio (F minor)
2. Allegretto ma non troppo (D major)
3. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso (F minor) - Trio (D major)
4. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato (F minor)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.12.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1822-25.

Dedication: Prinz Galitzin.

First performance: 1825 April 7 or earlier.

Movements:
1. Maestoso -...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.12.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1822-25.

Dedication: Prinz Galitzin.

First performance: 1825 April 7 or earlier.

Movements:
1. Maestoso - Allegro (E ♭ major)
2. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile (A ♭ major)
3. Scherzando vivace (E ♭ major) - Trio (E ♭ minor)
4. Finale. Allegro (E ♭ major)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.13.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1825.

Dedication: Prinz Galitzin.

First performance: 1827-04-22 in Vienna, Musikvereinsaal.

Catalogue note:...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.13.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1825.

Dedication: Prinz Galitzin.

First performance: 1827-04-22 in Vienna, Musikvereinsaal.

Catalogue note: 1st version (including Op.133).

Movements:
1. Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro (B ♭ major)
2. Presto (B ♭ minor)
3. Andante con moto ma non troppo (D ♭ major)
4. Alla danza tedesca . Allegro assai (G major)
5. Cavatina . Adagio molto espressivo (E ♭ major)
6. Finale . Allegro (B ♭ major)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.14.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1825-26.

Dedication: Baron von Stutterheim.

Movements:
1. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo (C ♯...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.14.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1825-26.

Dedication: Baron von Stutterheim.

Movements:
1. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo (C ♯ minor)
2. Allegro molto vivace (D major)
3. Allegro moderato (recitative) (C ♯ minor)
4. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile (A major)
5. Presto (E major)
6. Adagio quasi un poco andante (G ♯ minor)
7. Allegro (C ♯ minor)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.15.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1823-25.

Dedication: Prinz Galitzin.

Movements:
1. Assai sostenuto - Allegro (A minor)
2. Allegro ma non tanto...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.15.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1823-25.

Dedication: Prinz Galitzin.

Movements:
1. Assai sostenuto - Allegro (A minor)
2. Allegro ma non tanto (A major)
3. Molto adagio (A minor)
4. Alla marcia, assai vivace (A major)
5. Allegro appassionato (A minor)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.16.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1826.

Dedication: Johann Wolfmayer.

Movements:
1. Allegretto (F major)
2. Vivace (F major)
3. Lento assai,...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.16.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1826.

Dedication: Johann Wolfmayer.

Movements:
1. Allegretto (F major)
2. Vivace (F major)
3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo (D ♭ major)
4. Der schwer gefasste Entschluss . Grave, ma non troppo tratto — Allegro (F major)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.2 in G major.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1798-00.

Dedication: Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz .

Movements:
1. Allegro (G...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.2 in G major.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1798-00.

Dedication: Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz .

Movements:
1. Allegro (G major)
2. Adagio cantabile (C major)
3. Scherzo. Allegro (G major)
4. Allegro molto, quasi Presto (G major)

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Catalogue title: String Quartet No.3 in D major.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1798-00.

Dedication: Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz .

Movements:
1. Allegro (D...Read more

Catalogue title: String Quartet No.3 in D major.

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed: 1798-00.

Dedication: Franz Joseph Maximilian Fürst von Lobkowitz .

Movements:
1. Allegro (D major)
2. Andante con moto (B ♭ major)
3. Allegro (D major)
4. Presto (D major)

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