String Quartet No. 2 (Ligeti)

String Quartet No. 2 (Ligeti)

György Ligeti's "String Quartet No. 2" was composed during 1968 (March to July) and consists of five movements:

# Allegro nervoso
# Sostenuto, molto calmo
# Come un meccanismo di precisione
# Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
# Allegro con delicatezza

It is approximately 21 minutes in duration. It is dedicated to the LaSalle Quartet who gave its first performance in Baden-Baden on the 14 December 1969.


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