• String Quartet No. 3 String Quartet - Sheet Music

String Quartet No. 3 Study Score String Quartet - Sheet Music

The String Quartet no. 3 is the shortest of Béla Bartók's six Quartets, and was also composed in a remarkably short time. He wrote the score in September 1927, and in the following December it won him the first prize, endowed with $300, in a composition competition. The Third Quartet, published in 1929, captivates through its concentrated intensity: in a playing time of just 15 minutes, Bartók ignites a veritable fireworks of string timbres and rhythmic refinements. Even the uncompromising critic Theodor W. Adorno was impressed, describing this Quartet as “unquestionably the best of this Hungarian's works thus far”. For their edition, László Somfai and Zsombor Németh examined contemporary performance material. Their resultant suggestions for authentic performance variants are given here in footnotes. Further information is provided in the obligatory “Notes on performance practice” in Henle's Bartók editions.

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Summary
Instrument:
Cello Viola Violin
Ensembles:
String Quartet
Genres:
Classical
Publishers:
G. Henle
Series:
Henle Urtext
UPC:
196288326632
Format:
Study Score Collection / Songbook
Item types:
Physical
Usages:
School and Community
Number of Pages:
47
Size:
6.75x9.5x0.166 inches
Shipping Weight:
0.31 pounds
Detailed Description
String Quartet (Study Score)

SKU: HL.51487423

Study Score. Composed by Bela Bartók. Edited by László Somfai; Zsombor Németh. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 47 pages. G. Henle #HN7423. Published by G. Henle (HL.51487423).

UPC: 196288326632. 6.75x9.5x0.166 inches.

The String Quartet no. 3 is the shortest of Béla Bartók's six Quartets, and was also composed in a remarkably short time. He wrote the score in September 1927, and in the following December it won him the first prize, endowed with $300, in a composition competition. The Third Quartet, published in 1929, captivates through its concentrated intensity: in a playing time of just 15 minutes, Bartók ignites a veritable fireworks of string timbres and rhythmic refinements. Even the uncompromising critic Theodor W. Adorno was impressed, describing this Quartet as “unquestionably the best of this Hungarian's works thus far”. For their edition, László Somfai and Zsombor Németh examined contemporary performance material. Their resultant suggestions for authentic performance variants are given here in footnotes. Further information is provided in the obligatory “Notes on performance practice” in Henle's Bartók editions.

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Publisher:
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