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

Quartetto per archi


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Quartetto per archi
Foreign language / English title
Quartetto per archi
Dedication
To Zoltán Kodály´s 80th birthday
Year of composition
1962

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

Premiere information
1963, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Tátrai String Quartet
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1962, Z.4306
Available here!
Recordings
Qualiton LPX-1227, 1964 - Tátrai String Quartet
1 min. sample
1 I. Allegro
2 II. Andante tranquillo
3 III. Vivace
Remarks, other info
(String Quartet No. 1)