Rubini will long be remembered as the tenor of the incomparable quartett for whom the Puritani was written, and who performed together in it for seven consecutive years in Paris and in London.
The air which Braham sings in the first act was encored; so was Fatima's romance, and a quartett in the second act.
The Count de Castelbarco of Milan, possessed a quartett of instruments by Nicholas Amati, which have since been sold in London (see the article on Stradiuarius.
There is a quartett of them, all bearing the same date 1687.
It is indeed at these quartettand quintett meetings, that you see genuine specimens of musical knowledge and musical enthusiasm.
I had brought with me to Vienna one manuscript, a Solo-Quartett for Violin, which I had finished on the journey.
I played Rode's Concerto in A-Major and hisQuartett in Es-Major.
At the conclusion, Herr Hasemann of the Frankfurt orchestra, who as violincellist accompanied me in my Quartett in the morning much better than any of the others, astonished us with his skill on the bass-sackbut!
Before the end of the year 1813, I wrote another Rondo for harp and violin for my wife and self, and a Quartett for stringed instruments for Herr von Tost.
It was not however thesequartett parties alone that attracted me to their house; Fraeul.
At these Quartett parties I also first made the acquaintance of the Editor of the Musical-Journal, Councellor Rochlitz, and from that time till his death maintained the most friendly relations with him.
As soon, however, as Herr von Reibnitz arrived as guest at the Castle, an attempt at Quartett music was made.
I therefore willingly resumed my violin and played Rode's Quartettin Es, which the Musicians knew and therefore well accompanied.
On the conclusion of the Quartett so many flattering things were said to me of my play, that I was induced now to parade my hobby-horse the G-Major-Variations of Rode.
After him, Herr Eck also played a quartett by Krommer.
Simrock) when the master of the house was suddenly called away; but returning after some time, announced to the company, that during the playing of the Quartett a son had been born to him!
At that time also, at the wish of the Violoncellist Beneke, whom I frequently met at Quartett parties, I wrote a Concertante for Violin and Violoncello with orchestral accompaniment.
This Quartett was the occasion of my becoming entangled in a literary feud, which was the first and also the last that I ever engaged in about my compositions.
The retirement of Mr. Blagrove did not, however, affect the stability of the "Quartett Concerts.
Scipion Rousselot, as performed at the Beethoven Quartett Society in London, with a Portrait and Memoir of the Composer.
So unequivocal was the success of these experiments on public taste, and such was the furore excited in the musical world by them, that from these performances may be dated the establishment of Quartett Concerts in this country.
Already are yawning symptoms of impatience visible among the ladies, to whom the very mention of a quartett furnishes a pretence for the vapours, and who make no scruple to talk, for diversion's sake, with the loungers behind their chairs.
Of these gentlemen, some were well skilled in the performance of the favourite works of the great quartett writers; and a larger number were qualified to form an accurate estimate of their merits.
Out of gratitude, Beethoven dedicated to this officer his grand Quartett in C sharp minor.
Quartett in E flat, for Piano-forte, Violin, Alto, and Violoncello 16 2.
Even in his last illness he sang with the most comical seriousness to his landlady the interrogatory motivo of the quartett above mentioned.
With a violin and a piano-forte Quartett it is impossible to supply you immediately; but if you write to me betimes, in case you wish for both works, I will do all that lies in my power.
This Fugue had previously formed the fourth movement of the Quartettin B (No.
In the performance of his quartett music he wished the same rules to be observed as in playing his Sonatas; for the Quartetts paint passions and feelings no less than the Sonatas.
Questions have frequently been addressed to me respecting the motive of the last movement of the Quartett in F, op.
Not having heard anything from Neate, I only beg you will ask him, whether he has disposed of the Quartett in F minor.
At first the quartett thought, not unreasonably, that his remarks were going to have particular reference to them and to their misdoings, but they were wrong.
The boys looked at him, and the quartett looked at each other.
The opening of the A major Quartett is romantic enough, but it admits of that marvellous piece of contrapuntal imitation which surprises us in the coda.
There is the Sestett in B flat, the Second Symphony, the Piano Quartett in A.
United States, and with the String Quartett in F major (Op.
In 1876 came the bright genial Quartett in B flat, then followed a series of songs, duets and pianoforte pieces, then a couple of motets for mixed chorus and orchestra.
He has broken down the unnecessary rule of the three movements, he has finally overthrown the tyranny of the solo instrument, he has given the whole form a free constitution similar to that of the Quartett and the Symphony.
At the beginning of 1875 appeared a string quartett in A minor; later in the year followed a serenade in E for stringed orchestra, a quintett in G, and, greatest of all, a brilliant symphony in F major.
Beethoven, on his deathbed, can trust the popular verdict, and know that his new quartett 'will please some day.
And one quartett of surpassing power and beauty, viz.
To-morrow my A minor quartett is to be performed in public.
I was lately standing beside the Abbe Bardin at a large party, listening to the performance of my quartett in A minor.
They played my A minor quartettwonderfully last Tuesday, with such fire and precision, that it was delightful to listen to them, and as I can never again hear Ritz, I shall probably never hear it better given.
It was the greatest possible delight to me to hear my quartett in E flat major (dedicated to B.
Quartett for Two Violins, Tenor, and Violoncello, in F minor, op.
Where is it that you find beauty when I am working at a quartett or a symphony?
Quartett for Pianoforte, Violin, Tenor, and Violoncello, in F minor, op.
Quartett for Pianoforte, Violin, Tenor, and Violoncello, in C minor, op.
At the period of its composition, this Quartett appeared as “the first for stringed instruments.
Fanny will probably give you to-morrow the parts of my new quartett from me.
I have just finished my third quartett in D major, and like it much.
Quartett for two Violins, Tenor, and Violoncello, in A minor, op.
Quartett for Two Violins, Tenor and Violoncello, in E flat.
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