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

Streichquartett Nr. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes" / String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. vonósnégyes "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
Foreign language / English title
Streichquartett Nr. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes" / String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
Year of composition
1954

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

Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
8 May 1958, Vienna; Ramor-Quartett
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, Mainz © 1972 (renewed in 2000) ED 6476 (score and parts); ED 7247 (set of parts - availability on request)
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Recordings
Sony CD 88697 61641, 2010 - Arditti String Quartet
1 min. sample
1 String Quartet No. 1
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1953-1954