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., Op. 90


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. vonósnégyes, Op. 90
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No., Op. 90
Subtitle
In memory of Zoltán Kodály
Dedication
to the Kodály Quartet
Year of composition
1972

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

Movements, parts
One movement

Premiere information
1972
Publisher / Source
Edition Peters © 1973, EP8212
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Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX-11754, 1975 - Kodály Quartet
Video recording at Budapest Music Center, 2018 - Kelemen Quartet: Barnabás Kelemen (vl.), Dmitry Smirnoc (vl.), Katalin Kokas (vla.), Mon-Puo Lee (vlc.) (Available on youtube.com)