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

String Quartet No. 2


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
II. vonósnégyes
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 2
Year of composition
1969

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

Movements, parts
1. Psicogramma I.
2. Primo organismo
3. Double I.
4. Psicogramma II.
5. Secondo organismo
6. Psicogramma III.
7. Double II.
8. Terco organismo
9. Double III.
10. Double IV.
11. Psicogramma IV.
12. Quarto organismo
13. Double V.

Premiere information
27 March 1971, International Competition for Composers, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Kodály Quartet
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 6512; Boosey and Hawkes, London
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton LPX-11546, 1971 - Kodály Quartet
1 min. sample
1 String Quartet No.2