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Psalms (String Quartet No. 2)

Composer
Pártos Ödön
Original / Hungarian title
Psalms (String Quartet No. 2) / Zsoltárok (II. vonósnégyes)
Foreign language / English title
Psalms (String Quartet No. 2)
Year of composition
1960
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc.
Duration
23 min
Movements, parts
1. Adagio
2. Lento calmo
3. Allegro molto vivace
Commissioned by
Fanny and Max Targ in 1960 for the Fine Arts Quartet
Premiere information
August 1961, International Music Festival, Israel; Fine Arts Quartet
Publisher / Source
Israel Music Institute 1962, I.M.I. 013
Available here!
Recordings
Music In Israel MII-CD 18, 1995 - The New Israel String Quartet: Alexander Tal, Mordechai Yuval (vl.), Zeev Steinberg (vla.), Yaacov Menze (vlc.) (Available on youtube.com)