List of string quartets by Béla Bartók
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The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók
wrote six string quartet
s, each for the usual forces of two violin
s, viola
and cello
.
For information about each quartet, see the following links:
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
wrote six string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
s, each for the usual forces of two violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
s, viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
and cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
.
For information about each quartet, see the following links:
- String Quartet No. 1String Quartet No. 1 (Bartók)The String Quartet No. 1 in A minor by Béla Bartók was completed in 1909. The score is dated January 27 of that year.The work is in three movements, played without breaks between each:#Lento...
, Op.7, Sz. 40, BB 52 - String Quartet No. 2String Quartet No. 2 (Bartók)The String Quartet No. 2 by Béla Bartók was written between 1915 and October 1917 in Rákoskeresztúr in Hungary.The work is in three movements:#Moderato#Allegro molto capriccioso#Lento...
, Op.17, Sz. 67, BB 75 - String Quartet No. 3String Quartet No. 3 (Bartók)The String Quartet No. 3 by Béla Bartók was written in September 1926 in Budapest.The work is in one continuous stretch with no breaks, but is divided in the score into four parts:#Prima parte: Moderato#Seconda parte: Allegro...
, Sz. 85, BB 93 - String Quartet No. 4String Quartet No. 4 (Bartók)The String Quartet No. 4 by Béla Bartók was written from July to September, 1927 in Budapest.The work is in five movements:#Allegro#Prestissimo, con sordino#Non troppo lento#Allegretto pizzicato#Allegro molto...
, Sz. 91, BB 95 - String Quartet No. 5String Quartet No. 5 (Bartók)The String Quartet No. 5 Sz. 102, BB 110 by Béla Bartók was written between August 6 and September 6, 1934.The work is in five movements:#Allegro#Adagio molto#Scherzo: alla bulgarese#Andante#Finale: Allegro vivace...
, Sz. 102, BB 110 - String Quartet No. 6String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)The String Quartet No. 6 by Béla Bartók was written from August to November, 1939 in Budapest.The work is in four movements:#Mesto - Vivace#Mesto - Marcia#Mesto - Burletta#Mesto - Molto tranquillo...
, Sz. 114, BB 119