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

Four Sketches for Strings


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Négy vázlat vonósokra
Foreign language / English title
Four Sketches for Strings
Dedication
To the Marosvásárhely Chamber Orchestra
Year of composition
1976

Type
String orchestra
Instrumentation
strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
10 min

Movements, parts
1. Largo e mesto
2. Allegro ben marcato
3. Molto adagio ed appassionato
4. Allegro molto

Premiere information
22 June 1976, Marosvásárhely, Romania; Camerata Transylvanica, Gyula Hamza (Concert master)
Publisher / Source
Editura Muzicala, Bucharest 1978
Recordings
ST-ECE 01807, Marosvásárhely Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Gyula Hamza (Concert master)