Rasoumovsky (Razumovsky) Quartets
Rasoumovsky [Razumovsky] Quartets. Beethoven's str. qts. Nos. 7, 8, and 9, Op.59, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, in F major, E minor, and C major, comp. 1806 and so called because of ded. to Count Rasoumovsky, Russ. ambassador in Vienna, who was a keen qt. player. Each qt. contains a Russ. theme; in two cases these are folk-tunes.
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Folger, Henry Clay 1857-1930 , folk / fōk/ (also folks) • pl. n. 1. inf. people in general: some folk will do anything for money an old folks' home. ∎ a specified group of people:… Major , ma·jor / ˈmājər/ • adj. 1. important, serious, or significant: the use of drugs is a major problem. ∎ greater or more important; main: he got the maj… Folk Song , folk song, music of anonymous composition, transmitted orally. The theory that folk songs were originally group compositions has been modified in rec… Folk Music , Before the twentieth century, a dichotomy prevailed between cultivated music, by educated, formally trained musicians and composers, and folk music,… Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff , Rachmaninov, Sergei (Vasilyevich) (b Semyonovo, Starorussky, 1873; d Beverly Hills, Calif., 1943). Russ. composer, pianist, and conductor (Amer. cit.… sixth , sixth / siks[unvoicedth]/ • ordinal number constituting number six in a sequence; 6th: her sixth novel the sixth of the month to the original five ca…
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