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

Quartetto per archi No. 1 / String Quartet No. 1


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Quartetto per archi No. 1 / Vonósnégyes No. 1
Foreign language / English title
Quartetto per archi No. 1 / String Quartet No. 1
Dedication
to the Weiner String Quartet
Year of composition
1963

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

Movements, parts
1. Adagio
2. Presto
3. Adagio
4. Lento

Premiere information
1966, Hungarian Composer´s Union, Chamber Hall, Philharmonia, Budapest; Quartet by E. Sebestyén
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest © 1971, Z. 6567
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Recordings
Hungarian Radio 1994 - Pegasos-Quartet: Stephan Otterbach, Meike Brandenbisch, Stephan Mang, Theo Bross