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String Quartet No. 1

Composer
Tardos Béla
Original / Hungarian title
I. vonósnégyes
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 1
Year of composition
1947
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Movements, parts
1. Allegro molto agitato
2. Semplice
3. Vivacissimo rustico
Premiere information
Bíró String Quartet
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest 1960, Z. 3298
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Remarks, other info
First Prize winner at the Béla Bartók Composers´ Competition in 1948