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. 1 (A minor), Op. 9


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. vonósnégyes (a-moll), Op. 9
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 1 (A minor), Op. 9
Year of composition
1848

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

Movements, parts
1. Largo - Allegro non troppo
2. Adagio molto
3. Presto
4. Allegro impetuoso

Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. [1853], 8780
Available here!
Recordings
CPO CD 5551822, 2017 - Mannheimer Streichquartett
CPO CD 9991152, 1992 - Mannheimer Streichquartett
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1847 - 1848