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.

Title of the work

Quatuor (Neuvieme Quatuor) No. 9, Op. 57


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Quatuor (Neuvieme Quatuor) No. 9, Op. 57
Foreign language / English title
Quatuor (Neuvieme Quatuor) No. 9, Op. 57
Subtitle
String quartet No. 9
Dedication
"á mes enfants Marie et Abel"
Year of composition
1953

Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
23 min

Movements, parts
1. Tres vif et accéléré
2. Lent
3. Menuet. Allegretto
4. Entraînant et d´un seul élan

Premiere information
1954, Budapest; Tátrai Quartet
Publisher / Source
Alphonse Leduc & Cie © 1954 A.L. 21368, A.L. 21368/a, b, c, d (parts)
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 32543, 2007 - Auer String Quartet: Vilmos Oláh, Gábor Berán (vl.), Csaba Gálfi (vla.), Ákos Takács (vlc.)
Hungarian Radio, 29 June 1955 - Tátrai Quartet: Vilmos Tátrai (vl.), Mihály Szűcs (vl.), József Iványi (vla.), Ede Banda (vlc.)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Lajtha, László: String Quartets (Complete) Vol. 2 Hungaroton