Keller 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
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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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Barber’s arrangement of the slow movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11, for string orchestra. Arturo Toscanini conducted the premiere in 1938.

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

1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Lento
3. Molto vivace
4. Finale. Vivace ma non troppo
Premiere on the 1st January 1894 in Boston

1953-1954
1st rendition on 8.05.1958, Wien · Ramor-Quartett

The work is written in one continuous movement, which can be divided into seventeen contrasting sections
1. Allegro grazioso
2. Vivace,...Read more

1953-1954
1st rendition on 8.05.1958, Wien · Ramor-Quartett

The work is written in one continuous movement, which can be divided into seventeen contrasting sections
1. Allegro grazioso
2. Vivace, capriccioso
3. A tempo
4. Adagio, mesto
5. Presto
6. Molto sostenuto - Andante tranquillo
7. Più mosso
8. Tempo di Valse, moderato, con eleganza, un poco capriccioso
9. Subito prestissimo
10. Subito: molto sostenuto
11. Allegretto, un poco gioviale
12. Allarg. Poco più mosso
13. Subito allegro con moto, string. poco a poco sin al prestissimo
14. Prestissimo
15. Allegro comodo, gioviale
16. Sostenuto, accelerando
17. Lento

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1968
1st rendition on 14.12.1969, Baden-Baden · LaSalle-Quartett
I Allegro nervoso
II Sostenuto, molto calmo
III Come un meccanismo di precisione
IV Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
V Allegro con delicatezza - stets sehr mild

Scoring: violin, viola, cello, keyboard.

Composed in 1785.

Movements:
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Rondo — Allegro moderato

Scoring: violin, viola, cello, keyboard.

Composed in 1786.

Movements:
1. Allegro
2. Larghetto
3. Allegretto

1. Moderato ed amabile
2. Vivace
3. Largo
4. Poco allegretto

I. Allegro energico
II. Adagio
III. Finale

1. Allegro moderato
2. Quasi Presto
3. Larghetto
4. Allegro con grazie e con spirito

In memory of the composer’s mother. The orchestral version, “In memoriam”, has a separate entry.

1. Moderato
2. Tempo di valse
3. Andante
4. Lento
5. Moderato pastorale

Composition date: 1871.

Movements:
1. Moderato e semplice (D major)
2. Andante cantabile (B-flat major)
3. Scherzo . Allegro non tanto e con fuoco (D minor)
4. Finale . Allegro giusto (D...Read more

Composition date: 1871.

Movements:
1. Moderato e semplice (D major)
2. Andante cantabile (B-flat major)
3. Scherzo . Allegro non tanto e con fuoco (D minor)
4. Finale . Allegro giusto (D major)

For two violins, viola, and cello. Written in 1871 and dedicated to Sergey Rachinsky. The Andante cantabile uses the folksong Vanya Sat on the Divan.

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Movements:
1. Adagio—Moderato assai (F major)
2. Scherzo . Allegro giusto (D-flat major)
3. Andante ma non tanto (F minor)
4. Finale . Allegro con moto (F major)

For two violins, viola, and...Read more

Movements:
1. Adagio—Moderato assai (F major)
2. Scherzo . Allegro giusto (D-flat major)
3. Andante ma non tanto (F minor)
4. Finale . Allegro con moto (F major)

For two violins, viola, and cello. Composed in 1873-74 and dedicated to Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich.

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