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
Year of composition
1934

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

Movements, parts
1. Adagio ma non troppo
2. Allegro deciso
3. Poco allegro
4. Grave - Presto

Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest Ⓒ 1965, Z. 4386
Recordings
Deutsche Grammophon Cd, ISBN: 28948156979, 2017 - Orsolya Korcsolán, Géza Hargitai (vl.), Mihály Várnagy (vla.), Ottó Kertész (vlc.) (World premiere recording)