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. 3, Op. 21 (A Minor)


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
III. vonósnégyes, Op. 21 (a-moll)
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 21 (A Minor)
Year of composition
1955

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

Movements, parts
1. Andante, poco rubato
2. Allegro giocoso
3. Andante pocosostenuto
4. Allegro vivace

Premiere information
3 December 1958; Tátrai Quartet
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1962, Z. 3943