PERSPECTIVES REGARDING THE QUARTET IN THE WORKS OF GIUSEPPE VERDI

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB MUSICA, Volume 70(LXX), No. 2, December 2025, pp. 347-362en-US
dc.creatorIRIMIA, Raluca
dc.date2025-12-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T20:21:13Z
dc.descriptionIn speech, the meaning of words dictates the intonation of a sentence, while the musical phrase within an opera is shaped according to this natural inflection. Thus, musical ideas and phrasing remain simple, yet expressive and natural. This gives vocal music a distinct advantage over instrumental music, as opera singers are better able to fulfil the composer’s intentions. The score of Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor (1873) contains precise performance indications that shape the ethos of the work. For instance, the marking incalzando refers not only to an acceleration of tempo but also to an agitated state of mind. Although Verdi’s only purely instrumental composition, the quartet synthesizes the full orchestral and vocal apparatus of an entire opera within the medium of four string instruments. Moreover, through indications such as incalzando, morendo, dolcissimo, and leggierissimo, the work conveys the same emotional states that in opera are communicated by means of stage design, costumes, characters, their interactions, and the expressive power of words set to music. While Verdi’s contribution to the chamber music repertoire is relatively limited, he is the composer of some of the most celebrated vocal quartets in opera, as well as the renowned Messa da Requiem. The present paper examines the vocal quartet from Rigoletto alongside the String Quartet in E minor, highlighting their distinctive features and exploring the similarities that reveal Verdi’s operatic conception of the quartet.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/9898
dc.identifier10.24193/subbmusica.2025.2.18
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/2466
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/9898/9546
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2025 Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Musicaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Musica; Volume 70, No. 2, December 2025; 347-362en-US
dc.source2065-9628
dc.source1844-4369
dc.source10.24193/subbmusica.2025.2
dc.subjectGiuseppe Verdien-US
dc.subjectoperaen-US
dc.subjectRigolettoen-US
dc.subjectquarteten-US
dc.subjectstring quarteten-US
dc.titlePERSPECTIVES REGARDING THE QUARTET IN THE WORKS OF GIUSEPPE VERDIen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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