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String Quartet NO. 1 "Musica Dolorosa"

Composer
Szeghy Iris
Original / Hungarian title
I. vonósnégyes "Musica Dolorosa"
Foreign language / English title
String Quartet NO. 1 "Musica Dolorosa"
Year of composition
1985
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
1. Moderato
2. Reminiscenza. Allegretto giocoso
3. Tranquillo. Sempre con sordino
Premiere information
1986, Kosice, Slovakia; Moyzes Quartet Bratislava
Publisher / Source
Musicfond Bratislava, 1994
Available here!
Recordings
CD - Musicfond Bratislava, SF 00152111, 1993 - The Moyzes Quartet
Slovak Radio, 1986
Remarks, other info
The String Quartet was 1st prize winner at the GENERATION´85 Composition Contest (competition for young Czech and Slovak composers)

See also version for String Orchestra:
Musica Dolorosa