Bartók string quartets
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The Bartók string quartets are a landmark cycle of six 20th-century chamber works by Béla Bartók, renowned for their innovative use of folk elements, rhythm, and modernist harmony.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber music work
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string quartet cycle ⓘ |
| composer | Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| considered |
central works of the string quartet repertoire
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landmark of 20th-century chamber music ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | various dedicatees ⓘ |
| firstQuartetCompositionYear | 1908 GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century classical music
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chamber music ⓘ modernist music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Beethoven string quartets
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Debussy NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungarian folk music ⓘ Romanian folk music ⓘ |
| instrumentation | two violins, viola, and cello ⓘ |
| languageOfMusicalTerms | Italian ⓘ |
| lastQuartetCompositionYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| movementStructure | multi-movement works ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex rhythmic structures
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contrapuntal writing ⓘ integration of folk idioms into art music ⓘ use of arch form ⓘ use of extended string techniques ⓘ use of polymodal chromaticism ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 6 ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Alban Berg Quartett
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Emerson String Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ Juilliard String Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ Takács Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period |
early 20th century
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interwar period ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Alban Berg Quartett
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Emerson String Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ Juilliard String Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ Takács Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | music theory curricula ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 2.5 hours in total ⓘ |
| uses |
folk music elements
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modernist harmony ⓘ rhythmic innovation ⓘ |
| workInCycle |
String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 7, Sz. 40
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String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 17, Sz. 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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