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 A minor, Op. 9


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
a-moll vonósnégyes, Op. 9
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 9
Dedication
to Herrn Fr. Erkel The Royal Hungarian General Music Director
Year of composition
1862

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

Movements, parts
1. Allegro molto
2. Andant con molto
3. Allegro molto
4. Andante sostenuto - Allegro

Publisher / Source
Edition J.P. Gotthard, Vienna 1870, Plate 20.
Available here!
Recordings
DCA 1071, 1999 - Fourth Dimension Strings Quartet
1 min. sample
1 1. Allegro molto
2 2. Andant con molto
3 3. Allegro molto
4 4. Andante sostenuto - Allegro