Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Title of the work

Quartetto d´archi Op. 1 / String Quartet, Op. 1

Composer

Kurtág György

Original / Hungarian title

Quartetto d´archi Op. 1 / Vonósnégyes, Op. 1

Foreign language / English title

Quartetto d´archi Op. 1 / String Quartet, Op. 1

Dedication

to Marianne Stein

Year of composition

1959

Type

Chamber Music

Number of players

Instrumentation

strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.

Duration

14 min

Movements, parts

1. Poco agitato
2. Con moto
3. Vivacissimo
4. Con spirito
5. Molto ostinato
6. Adagio

Premiere information

24 April 1961, Budapest; Várkonyi Quartet: István Várkonyi, Vera Kármán

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Recordings

HUNGAROTON SLPX 11846, 1977 - Éder Quartet: Pál Éder (vl.), Erika Tóth (vl.), Zoltán Tóth (vla.), György Éder (vlc.)
DISQUES MONTAIGNE 789007, 1991 (2nd release: AUDIVIS, MONTAIGNE MO 789007)
ECM (NEW SERIES) 1598 [453 258-2], 1996

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1 1. Poco agitato