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String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67

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 27 min
Composed
1915–17
Era
20th century

Notes

Three movements: Moderato, a wild Allegro molto capriccioso and a slow Lento

About this work

Composed
1914-17
Dedicated to
Quatuor Hongrois Waldbauer Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet
First performed
1918/03/03; Budapest: Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet
  1. Moderato
  2. Allegro molto capriccioso
  3. Lento
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