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


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. vonósnégyes
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet No. 1
Year of composition
1970

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

Movements, parts
1. Largo
2. Allegro con fuoco
3. Lento
4. Allegretto
5. Adagio

Premiere information
10 March 1972, Academy of Music, Budapest; Kodály Quartet: Károly Dusk, Tamás Szabó, Gábor Fias, János Devich
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX-11754, 1975 - Kodály Quartet: Károly Dusk, Tamás Szabó, Gábor Fias, János Devich