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String Quartet No. 5, BB 110

Composer
Bartók Béla
Original / Hungarian title
V. vonósnégyes, BB 110
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 5, BB 110
Dedication
to Mrs. Elisabeth Sprague-Coolidge
Year of composition
1934
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
30 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Adagio molto
3. Scherzo: alla bulgarese
4. Andante
5. Finale: Allegro vivace
Premiere information
8 April 1935, Washington, D.C.; Kolisch Quartet

1936, 14th Festival of the International Society of New Music, Barcelona; New Hungarian String Quartet (European premiere)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition © 1936, 10736 Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag 167
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Recordings
Naxos 8.557543-44, 2005 - Vermeer Quartet
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Artek
Naxos
Naxos