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 in B-flat major, Op. 8


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
B-dúr vonósnégyes, Op. 8
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 8
Dedication
to Josef Hellmesberger
Year of composition
1870

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

Movements, parts
1. Andante - Allegro moderato
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Allegro vivace
4. Allegro molto

Publisher / Source
Edition C.A. Spina, Vienna 1870, Plate C.S. 18309
Available here!
Recordings
DCA 1071, 1999 - Fourth Dimension Strings Quartet
1 min. sample
1 1. Andante - Allegro moderato
2 2. Andante sostenuto
3 3. Allegro vivace
4 4. Allegro molto