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String Quartet No. 4, BB 95

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
IV. vonósnégyes, BB 95
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 4, BB 95
Dedication
to the Pro Arte Quartet
Year of composition
1928
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
22 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Prestissimo, con sordino
3. Non troppo lento
4. Allegretto pizzicato
5. Allegro molto
Premiere information
20 March 1929, Budapest; Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1929, 9788

Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag 166
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Recordings
Naxos 8.557543-44, 2005 - Vermeer Quartet
Artek AR-0053-2, 2010 - Euclid Quartet
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
ECM Records
Artek
Naxos
Naxos
Divox
Hungaroton