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

Suite for Strings - String Quartet No. 2


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Szvit vonósokra - II. vonósnégyes
Foreign language / English title
Suite for Strings - String Quartet No. 2
Year of composition
1950

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

Movements, parts
1. Introduzione, andante rubato
2. Vivace
3. Andante
4. Allegro risoluto
5. Prestissimo

Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
3 March 1951, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Tátrai String Quartet
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica 1951, S-11
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 32029, 2003 - Pro Camera String Quartet: Ildikó Line, Gerő Botár (vl.), Miklós Bányai (vla.), Béla Török (vlc.)