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. 2


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
II. vonósnégyes
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 2
Dedication
"In memoriam Belae Bartók"
Year of composition
1954

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

Movements, parts
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Adagio molto
3. Allegro

Premiere information
1955; Tátrai String Quartet
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1957, Z. 2269
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1953 - 1954