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Quartetto per archi No. 3, Op. 40 (Feasts of equinoxes)

Composer
Bozay Attila
Original / Hungarian title
Quartetto per archi No. 3, Op. 40 (Az évszakfordulók ünnepei)
Foreign language / English title
Quartetto per archi No. 3, Op. 40 (Feasts of equinoxes)
Subtitle
String Quartet No. 3
Dedication
to the Somogyi String Quartet
Year of composition
1997
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
22 min
Movements, parts
MOTTO
1. Ősz (Napéjegyenlőség) / Autumn (Equinox)
2. Tél (A leghosszabb éjszaka) / Winter (The longest night)
3. Tavasz (Napéjegyenlőség) / Spring (Equinox)
4. Nyár (A leghosszabb nappal) / Summer (The longest day)
Premiere information
30 January 1999, Budapest; Somogyi String Quartet: Péter Somogyi (vl.), Péter Tfirst (vl.), Balázs Tóth (vla.), András Kaszanyitzky (vlc.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 2000, Z. 14219
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32117, 2003 - Somogyi String Quartet: Péter Somogyi (vl.), Péter Tfirst (vl.), Balázs Tóth (vla.), András Kaszanyitzky (vlc.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1996 - 1997