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Béla Bartók

String Quartet No. 2 (Bartók)

The String Quartet No. 2 in A minor by Béla Bartók was written between 1915 and October 1917 in Rákoskeresztúr in Hungary. It is one of six string quartets by Bartok. The work is in three movements:

References#

  • Bartók Quartet No. 2, lecture by Roger Parker, followed by a performance by the Badke Quartet, Gresham College, 4 December 2007 (available for download as MP3 or MP4, as well as a text document)
    • Performance by the Borromeo String Quartet from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
Composer
Béla Bartók