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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40

Béla Bartók · 1881–1945 · Hungarian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 29 min
Composed
1908–09
Era
20th century

Notes

Three movements, opening with a slow, contrapuntal Lento

About this work

Composed
1908-09
First performed
1910/03/19 in Budapest: Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet
  1. Lento
  2. Allegretto
  3. Allegro vivace
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