V. BARTÓK, Béla: String Quartet #4

V. BARTÓK, Béla (1881-1945)

String Quartet #4 (1928)
1. Allegro
2. Prestissimo, con sordino
3. Non troppo lento
4. Allegro pizzicato
5. Allegro molto
Quartet Ebène
(27:05)

In 1969 at National Music Camp (Interlochen), I took a class with the late Homer Keller.

He passed out scores of this quartet, and we studied it intensely, learning about the "arch" form and the chromatic nature of the way the theme weaves its way throughout all the movements of this amazing, astonishing work.

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