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Quartetto per archi, No. 2 / String Quartet, No. 2

Composer
Veress Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Quartetto per archi, No. 2 / II. vonósnégyes
Foreign language / English title
Quartetto per archi, No. 2 / String Quartet, No. 2
Year of composition
1937
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
31 min
Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
Premiere information
24 June 1937, SIMC Festival, Paris; New Hungarian String Quartet: Zoltán Székely, Sándor Végh (vl.), Dénes Koromzay (vla.), Vilmos Palotai (vlc.)

18 December 1937, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; New Hungarian String Quartet: Zoltán Székely, Sándor Végh (vl.), Dénes Koromzay (vla.), Vilmos Palotai (vlc.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni - Milano, 4882 (pocket score on sale); 4842 (on sale)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32691, 2011 - Ensemble Des Equilibres