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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 |
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| Composition Year | 1920 |
| Genre Categories | Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; |
Contents |
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| Work Title | String Quartet No.4 |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Wellesz, Egon |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.28 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IEW 8 |
| Key | G (ish) |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1920 |
| First Publication. | 1920 – Vienna: Universal Edition |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 18 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | 2 Violins, viola, cello |
recorded by the Artis Quartet on a Nimbus CD (as of 2011 the only commercial recording of any of Wellesz' quartets; also includes the 6th quartet, and the posthumously published 3rd.)
Possibly premiered by the Kolisch Quartet at some point during 1920; they played it in London that year.
An inventory of the music library of one of Paul Hindemith's residences (in Switzerland) included this work among others.
