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The '''String Quartet No. 1''' in [[A minor]] by [[Béla Bartók]] was completed in 1909. The score is dated January 27 of that year. It is one of six [[List of string quartets by Béla Bartók|string quartets]] by Bartok.
The '''String Quartet No. 1''' in [[A minor]] by Hungarian composer [[Béla Bartók]] was completed in 1909. The score is dated January 27 of that year. It is one of six [[List of string quartets by Béla Bartók|string quartets]] by Bartok.


The work is in three movements, played without breaks between each:
The work is in three movements, played without breaks between each:


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#''Lento''
|Lento
#''Allegretto'' (sometimes referred to as ''Poco a poco accelerando all'allegretto'') - Introduzione
|Allegretto (sometimes referred to as ''Poco a poco accelerando all'allegretto'') – Introduzione
#''Allegro vivace''
|Allegro vivace
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The work was at least in part inspired by Bartók's unrequited love for the violinist [[Stefi Geyer]] - in a letter to her, he called the first movement a "funeral dirge" and its opening notes trace a motif which first appeared in his [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)|Violin Concerto No. 1]], a work dedicated to Geyer and suppressed by Bartók for many years. The intense [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] writing of this movement is often compared to [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s [[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 14]], Op. 131, the opening movement of which is a slow [[Fugue (music)|fugue]].
The work was at least in part inspired by Bartók's unrequited love for the violinist [[Stefi Geyer]] - in a letter to her, he called the first movement a "funeral dirge" and its opening notes trace a motif which first appeared in his [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)|Violin Concerto No. 1]], a work dedicated to Geyer and suppressed by Bartók for many years. The intense [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] writing of this movement is often compared to [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s [[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 14]], Op. 131, the opening movement of which is a slow [[Fugue (music)|fugue]].
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The piece was premiered on 19 March 1910 in Budapest by the Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet, two days after Bartók played the [[piano]] with them in a concert dedicated to the music of [[Zoltán Kodály]]. It was first published in 1911 in Hungary.
The piece was premiered on 19 March 1910 in Budapest by the Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet, two days after Bartók played the [[piano]] with them in a concert dedicated to the music of [[Zoltán Kodály]]. It was first published in 1911 in Hungary.

== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Performers
!Label
!
|-
|+
|2019
|Quatuor Ragazze
|Channel Classics – CCS 41419
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Ragazze Quartet, Bartók – Bartók Bound (Vol. 1) (String Quartets 1, 2 & 4) (2019, CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ragazze-Quartet-Bartók-Bartók-Bound-Vol-1-String-Quartets-1-2-4/release/13649147|language=en|access-date=2021-05-18}}</ref>
|-
|+
|2018
|Ariel String Quartet
|Avie
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.theviolinchannel.com/ariel-quartet-new-cd-brahms-bartok-string-quartets-avie-records/|title= OUT NOW: Ariel Quartet's New Album: 'Brahms/Bartók String Quartets' |publisher= The Violin Channel |date=20 March 2018 |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|+
|2007
|[[Quatuor Ebene]]
|Mirare
|&nbsp;
|-
|+
|1997
|[[Takács Quartet]]
|Decca
|<ref>|//www.deccaclassics.com/en/catalogue/products/bartok-the-six-string-quartets-takacs-quartet-9245</ref>
|-
|+
|1950
|[[Juilliard String Quartet]]
|Sony Classical - 19439831102
|&nbsp;
|-
|+
|1963
|Juilliard String Quartet
|Sony Classical - 5062312
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Juillard String Quartet, Bartók – The Complete String Quartets (2002, CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/release/2422878-Bart%C3%B3k-The-Juilliard-String-Quartet-The-Complete-String-Quartets|language=en|access-date=2022-09-17}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{cite web|year=1998|publisher=Classical Notes|last=Bratby|first=R.G.|url=http://www.classicalnotes.co.uk/home.html|title=String Quartet No.1, Op.7|access-date=2009-07-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420115206/http://www.classicalnotes.co.uk/home.html|archive-date=2009-04-20|df=}}
* {{cite web|year=1998|publisher=Classical Notes|last=Bratby|first=R.G.|url=http://www.classicalnotes.co.uk/home.html|title=String Quartet No.1, Op.7|access-date=2009-07-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420115206/http://www.classicalnotes.co.uk/home.html|archive-date=2009-04-20}}
* {{IMSLP2|work=String Quartet No.1, Sz.40 (Bartók, Béla)|cname=String Quartet No.1, Sz.40 (Bartók, Béla)}}
* {{IMSLP2|work=String Quartet No.1, Sz.40 (Bartók, Béla)|cname=String Quartet No.1, Sz.40 (Bartók, Béla)}}
* [http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardnermuseum/bartok_op7.mp3 Performance] by the [[Belcea Quartet]] from the [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]] in [[MP3]] format
* [http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardnermuseum/bartok_op7.mp3 Performance] by the [[Belcea Quartet]] from the [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]] in [[MP3]] format


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Latest revision as of 01:32, 27 September 2024

String Quartet in A minor
No. 1
by Béla Bartók
CatalogueSz. 40
Opus7
Composed1909 (1909)
Performed19 March 1910 (1910-03-19): Budapest
Published1911 (1911)
MovementsThree

The String Quartet No. 1 in A minor by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók was completed in 1909. The score is dated January 27 of that year. It is one of six string quartets by Bartok.

The work is in three movements, played without breaks between each:

  1. Lento
  2. Allegretto (sometimes referred to as Poco a poco accelerando all'allegretto) – Introduzione
  3. Allegro vivace

The work was at least in part inspired by Bartók's unrequited love for the violinist Stefi Geyer - in a letter to her, he called the first movement a "funeral dirge" and its opening notes trace a motif which first appeared in his Violin Concerto No. 1, a work dedicated to Geyer and suppressed by Bartók for many years. The intense contrapuntal writing of this movement is often compared to Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131, the opening movement of which is a slow fugue.

The following two movements are progressively faster, and the mood of the work lightens considerably, ending quite happily. The third movement is generally considered to be the most typical of Bartók's mature style, including early evidence of his interest in Hungarian folk music.

The piece was premiered on 19 March 1910 in Budapest by the Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet, two days after Bartók played the piano with them in a concert dedicated to the music of Zoltán Kodály. It was first published in 1911 in Hungary.

Discography

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Year Performers Label
2019 Quatuor Ragazze Channel Classics – CCS 41419 [1]
2018 Ariel String Quartet Avie [2]
2007 Quatuor Ebene Mirare  
1997 Takács Quartet Decca [3]
1950 Juilliard String Quartet Sony Classical - 19439831102  
1963 Juilliard String Quartet Sony Classical - 5062312 [4]

References

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  1. ^ Ragazze Quartet, Bartók – Bartók Bound (Vol. 1) (String Quartets 1, 2 & 4) (2019, CD), retrieved 2021-05-18
  2. ^ "OUT NOW: Ariel Quartet's New Album: 'Brahms/Bartók String Quartets'". The Violin Channel. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ^ |//www.deccaclassics.com/en/catalogue/products/bartok-the-six-string-quartets-takacs-quartet-9245
  4. ^ Juillard String Quartet, Bartók – The Complete String Quartets (2002, CD), retrieved 2022-09-17
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