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. 4, Op. 30


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
IV. vonósnégyes, Op. 30
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 30
Year of composition
1957

Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vlc., vb.
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro vivace
2. Andante rubato
3. Allegro con fuoco

Premiere information
8 September 1958, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Szécsi Quartet
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1961, Z. 3370
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 1958 - Szécsi Quartet