The String Quartet: Composers (1925-)

Composers born (1700-1799)

Composers born (1800-1874)

Composers born (1875-1924)

Adès. Aho. Argento. Bainbridge. Bedford. Bennett. Berio. Berkeley (Michael). Bolcom. Boucourechliev. Boulez. Bresnick. Brown (Christopher). Brown (Earle). Brumby. Bryars. Bussotti. Casken. Cerha. Clementi. Conyngham. Crumb. Denisov. Dickinson. Donatoni. Druckman. Dusapin. Eliasson. Erb. Feldman. Feld. Ferneyhough. Finnissy. Glass. Goehr. Górecki. Gubaidulina. Hallgrimsson. Harbison. Harvey. Heininen. Henze. Hoddinott. Holliger. Holt. Ichiyanagi. Kagel. Kaipainen. Kernis. Kurtág. Lansky. Larsen. LeFanu. Lucier. Machover. MacMillan. Martino. Mason (Benedict). Mathias. Matthews (Colin). Matthews (David). Maw. Maxwell Davies. McCabe. Muldowney. Musgrave. Nordgren. Nordheim. Nørgård. Nørholm. Nunes. Nyman. Oliveros. Pärt. Patterson. Payne. Penderecki. Pousseur. Rands. Ran. Rasmussen. Rautavaara. Reich. Reynolds. Rihm. Riley. Ruders. Saariaho. Sallinen. Santos. Satoh. Schafer. Schnittke. Schuller. Sciarrino. Sculthorpe. Segerstam. Sims. Steptoe. Stoker. Subotnik. Takemitsu. Tavener. Tishchenko. Tower. Tüür. Van de Vate. Vine. Volans. Weir. Wernick. Williamson. Wolff. Wood (Hugh). Wuorinen. Zwilich.

Berio, Luciano (1925-)

Study (1952), [rev (1985)]
Quartetto (1956)
Sincronie (1963-1964)
(1986-1990)
Nottorno (1993)

Boucourechliev, André (1925-); France

Archipel 2 (1968)

Boulez, Pierre (1925-)

Livre pour quatuor (1948-1949)

Clementi, Aldo (1925-); Italy

Reticolo: 4 (1968)

Feld, Jindrich (1925-); Czechoslovakia

#1 (1949)
#2 (1959)
#3 (1962)
#4 (1965)
#5 (1978-1979)

Schuller, Gunther (1925-); USA

Quartet (1947), {4db}
#1 (1957)
Fantasy Quartet (1958), {4vc}
#2 (1966)
#3 (1986)

Brown, Earle (1926-)

(1950)
(1965)

Cerha, Friedrich (1926-); Austria

Gschwandtner Tanze (1938), {2vn,va,b}
#1 (1948)

Feldman, Morton (1926-1987)

Structures (1951)
Three pieces (1956)
(1973), {2vn,va,vc,orch}
(1979)

Henze, Hans Werner (1926-)

#1 (1947)
#2 (1952)
#3 (1975-1976)
#4 (1976)
#5 (1976-1977)

Kurtág, György (1926-)

Op 1 (1959)

Argento, Dominick (1927-); USA

(1956)

Donatoni, Franco (1927-); Italy

Quartetto I (1950)
Quartetto II (1958)
Quartetto IV: Zrcadlo (1963)

Erb, Donald (1927-); USA

#1 (1960)
#2 (1989)

Druckman, Jacob (1928-); USA

#1 (1948)
#2 (1966)
#3 (1981)

Musgrave, Thea (1928-); Scotland

(1958)

Rautavaara, Einojuhani (1928-); Finland

#1 (1952)
#2 (1958)
#3 (1965)
#4 (1975)

Sims, Ezra (1928-); USA

(1959), [conventional notation]
Sonate concertante (1961), [quarter-tones; consists of Five Sonatine for stqt, Five Sonatine for ob,va,vc,db, these may be palyed together as an octet or separately]
Third Quartet (1962), [quartet tones]
#4 (1984)

Crumb, George (1929-)

(1954)
Black Angles: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land (1970), {electric String Quartet}

Denisov, Edison (1929-); Russia

#2 (1961)

Hoddinott, Alun (1929-); UK

Op 100/1 (1979), Scena

Pousseur, Henri (1929-); Belgium

Ode (1960-1961)
Fantasie et fugue (1980), [version for stqt]
Mnemosyne obstin&eactue;e (1988)

Sculthorpe, Peter (1929-); Australia

#1 (1947)
#2 (1948)
#3 (1949)
#4 (1950)
#5 (1955), Irkanda II, [withdrawn]
#6 (1964-1965)
#7 (1966), Red Landscape
#8 (1969), String Quartet Music
#9 (1975)
#10 (1983)
#11 (1990-1991)
#12 (1990-1991)

Takemitsu, Toru (1930-); Japan

Landscape (1960)

Van de Vate, Nancy (1930-); USA

#1 (1969)

Bussotti, Sylvano (1931-)

Quartetto Gramsci (1962-1971), [orig strqtte/orch]

Gubaidulina, Sofiya (1931-)

#1 (1971)
#2 (1987)
#3 (1987)

Kagel, Mauricio (1931-); Argentina

(1965-1967)
#1 (1965-1967)
#2 (1965-1967)
#3 (1986-1988)

Lucier, Alvin (1931-); USA

Fragments (1961)

Martino, Donald (1931-); USA

#1 (1950-1951), [withdrawn]
#2 (1952), [withdrawn]
#3 (1954), [withdrawn]

Nordheim, Arne (1931-); Norway

(1956)

Nørholm, Ib (1931-)

#1, Op 4 (1955), In vere
#2, Op 31 (1965), Five Impromptus
#3, Op 35 (1966), From my Green Herbarium
#4, Op 38 (1966), September-October-November
#5, Op 65 (1976), Quartet for strings in One Movement
#6, Op 73 (1978), Skygerne frosner
#7, Op 94 (1985), En passant
#8, Op 107 (1988), Memories

Williamson, Malcolm (1931-); Australia

#1 (1947), Winterset, [Unpublished]
#2 (1954), [Unpublished]

Goehr, Alexander (1932-)

#1, Op 5 (1956-1957)
#2, Op 23 (1967)
#3, Op 37 (1975-1976)
#4, Op 52 (1990)

Nørgård, Per (1932-); Denmark

#1 (1952), Quartetto Breve
#2, Op 21 (1953-1958), Quartetto Brioso
#3 (1959), Three Miniatures
#4 (1965-1969), Dreamscape (Quartet In Three Spheres)
#5 (1969), Inscape
#6 (1986), Tintinnabulary

Oliveros, Pauline (1932-); USA

1000 Acres (1972)
The Wheel of Time (1983), {stqt,electronics}

Wood, Hugh (1932-)

in Bb (1957)
#1, Op 4 (1962)
#2, Op 13 (1970)
#3, Op 20 (1978)
#4 (1993)

Brumby, Colin (1933-); Australia

(1969)

Górecki, Henryk (1933-)

#1, Op 62 (1988), Already it is dusk
#2, Op 64 (1990-1991), Quasi una fantasia

Ichiyanagi, Toshi (1933-); Japan

(1957)
#1 (1964), Nagaoka, [graphic score]
#2 (1986), Interspace

Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933-)

#1 (1960)
#2 (1968)
Interbrochene Gedanke (1988)

Schafer, Raymond Murray (1933-); Canada

#1 (1970)
#2 (1976), Waves
#3 (1981)
#4 (1989)
#5 (1989)

Subotnik, Morton (1933-); USA

(1960)
The Fluttering of Wings (1981), {stqt,optional electronics}, [from The Double Life of Amphibians, Part III]

Dickinson, Peter (1934-); England

#1 (1958), [rev 1972]
#2 (1975), {stqt,tape/offstage piano}

Mathias, William (1934-); UK/Wales

Op 38 (1967)
#2, Op 84 (1980)
#3 (1986)

Maxwell Davies, Peter (1934-)

Quartet Movement (1952)
Little Quartet No 1 (1980)
Little Quartet No 2 (1977), [revised (1987)]
(1961)

Rands, Bernard (1934-); England/USA

Cuaderno (1974)

Reynolds, Roger (1934-)

(1961)
COCONINO ... A Shattered Landscape for String Quartet (1985)

Schnittke, Alfred (1934-1998)

#1 (1966)
#2 (1980)
#3 (1983)
#4 (1989)

Wernick, Richard (1934-); USA

(1953), [withdrawn]
#2 (1963)
#3 (1973)
#3 (1988), ??

Wolff, Christian (1934-)

Summer (1961)
Lines (1972), [stqt/other string groups]
String Quartet Exercises Out of Song (1974-1976)

Maw, Nicholas (1935-); UK

(1965)
#2 (1982)

Pärt, Arvo (1935-); Estonia/Austria

Summa
Fratres, [version for String Quartet]

Riley, Terry (1935-)

G Song (1973)
Mythic Birds Waltz
Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984)
Salome Dances for Peace (1985-1986), [Cycle of five quartets]
- Anthem of the Great Spirit
- Conquest of the War Demons
- The Gift
- The Ecstasy
- Good Medicine

Sallinen, Aulis (1935-); Finland

#1 (1958)
#2 (1960), Canzona
#3, Op 19 (1969), Aspekteja Peltoniemen Hintrikin surumarssista
#4, Op 25 (1971), Quiet Songs
#5, Op 54 (1983), Pieces of Mosaic

Bennett, Richard Rodney (1936-); England/USA

#1 (1951)
#2 (1953)
#3 (1953)
Music for String Quartet (1981)

Payne, Anthony (1936-); UK

(1978)

Reich, Steve (1936-); USA

Different Trains (1988), {stqt/string ensemble + tape}

Bedford, David (1937-); England

Five (1967)
in a (1981)

Glass, Philip (1937-); USA

#1 (1966)
#2 (1983), Company
#3 (1985), Mishima
#4 (1989), Boczak
#5 (1992)

Bolcom, William (1938-); USA

#1 (1950), [Withdrawn]
#2 (1953), [Withdrawn]
#3 (1954), [Withdrawn]
#5 (1957), [Withdrawn]
#6 (1959), [Withdrawn]
#7 (1961), [Withdrawn]
#8 (1965)
#9 (1972), Novella

Harbison, John (1938-)

#1 (1984)
#2 (1987)
Variations (p1992)
#3 (p1993)

Heininen, Paavo (1938-); Finland

Op 32c (1974)

Stoker, Richard (1938-); England

#1, Op 11 (1961)
#2, Op 18 (1962)
#3, Op 36 (1968)

Tower, Joan (1938-)

Night Fields (1994)

Wuorinen, Charles (1938-)

(1957)
Three Pieces (1958)
#1 (1971)
#2 (1979)
Divertimento (1983)
#3 (1987)

Harvey, Jonathan (1939-); UK

#1 (1977), [fp: 1979-06-03, Arditti Qt, Southampton]
#2 (1988)
#3 (1995), [fp: Arditti Qt]

Holliger, Heinz (1939-); Switzerland

(1973)

McCabe, John (1939-); UK

Partita (1960)
#2 (1970)
#3 (1979)
#4 (1982)
Caravan (1988)

Tishchenko, Boris (1939-); Russia

#1, Op 8 (1957)
#2, Op 13 (1959)
#3, Op 47 (1970)
#4, Op 77 (1980)
#5, Op 90 (1984)

Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe (1939-); USA

1974 (1974)
(1984), [Double quartet]

Hallgrimsson, Haflidi (1941-); Iceland

From Memory (1989)

Nunes, Emmanuel (1941-); Portugal

Le Voile tangéant (1967)
(1978)
Esquisses (1980), [based on 1967 piece]

Santos, Ramon (1941-); Phillipines

(1971), {stqt,tape}
(1974)

Brown, Christopher (1943-)

#1 (1969)
#2, Op 43 (1976)
Op 54 (1981), Festival Variations
Op 79, Fanfare to Welcome Michael Tippett

Bryars, Gavin (1943-)

#1 (1985), Between the National and the Bristol
#2 (1990)

Ferneyhough, Brian (1943-); UK

Sonatas (1967)
#2 (1979-1980)
Adagissima (1983)
#3 (1987), [fp: Arditti Qt]
#4 (1989-1990), [with voice, from a Canto by Ezra Pound {s,2vn,va,vc}]

Matthews, David (1943-); UK

#1, Op 4 (1969-1970)
#2, Op 16 (1974-1976)
#3, Op 18 (1977-1978)
#4, Op 27 (1981)
#5, Op 36 (1984)
#6, [written for the Brindisi Quartet]

Bresnick, Martin (1944-); USA

#1 (1968)
#2 (1984), Bucephalus

Conyngham, Barry (1944-); Australia

(1979)

Lansky, Paul (1944-); USA

#1 (1967)
#2 (1971), [rev (1977)]

Nordgren, Pehr Henrik (1944-); Finland

#1, Op 2 (1967)
#2, Op 7 (1968)
#3, Op 27 (1976)
#4, Op 60 (1983)
#5, Op 69 (1986)

Nyman, Michael (1944-)

#1 (1985)
#2 (1988)
#3 (1989)
#4

Segerstam, Leif (1944-); Finland

#1 (1962)
#2 (1964)
#3 (1965-1966)
#4 (1966)
#5 (1970), Three Hundred and Sixty Degrees/The 'Lemming' Quartet
#6 (1974)
#7 (1975)
#8 (1975-1976)
#9 (1976)
#10 (1976), Homage to Charles Ives's Title "A Contemplation of a Serious Matter"
#11 (1977), Voces con visiones
#12 (1977)
#13 (1978)
#14 (1978)
#15 (1978)
#16 (1979)
#17 (1979)
#18 (1979)
#19 (1979)
#20 (1980)
#21 (1980)
#22 (1980)
#23 (1980)
#24 (1982)
#25 (1982), (Another) Mad Song, {stqt,mez}, [words by Blake]
#26 (1989), (I- For Four ... or One & Three;II- For Two & Two Mostly ...)
#27 (1990)
Thoughts (1990), {strqtte,orch}

Tavener, John (1944-); England

The Hidden Treasure (1989)
Last Sleep of the Virgin (1991)

Finnissy, Michael (1946-); UK

(1984)

Matthews, Colin (1946-); UK

#1, Op 16 (1979)
#2 (1985), [withdrawn for revision]

Eliasson, Anders (1947-); Sweden

Disegno (1975)
(1990-1991)

LeFanu, Nicola (1947-); UK

(1988)

Patterson, Paul (1947-); UK

Op 58 (1986)

Rasmussen, Karl Aage (1947-); Denmark

Canto serioso (1965)
Als Kind (1972)
Solos and Shadows (1983)
Surrounded by Scales (1985)
Still (1989)

Satoh, Somei (1947-); Japan

Shirasagi (1986)
Homa (1988)

Sciarrino, Salvatore (1947-); Italy

Quartetto II (1967), [from Sei quartetti brevi]

Berkeley, Michael (1948-); England

#1 (1981)
#2 (1984)
#3 (1987), Quartet Study

Aho, Kalevi (1949-); Finland

#2 (1970)
#3 (1971)

Casken, John (1949-); England

(1981-1982)

Ran, Shulamit (1949-); Isreal/USA

(1984)
#2 (1989), Vistas

Ruders, Poul (1949-); Denmark

#1 (1971), Der Rastlose Mensch
#2 (1979)
#3 (1979), Motet

Volans, Kevin (1949-); South Africa

White Man Sleeps (1985), [in five parts]
Movement (1987), [formerly named Notes d'un peintre]
#2 (1987), Hunting: Gathering
#3 (1988), Songlines
#4 (1990-1994), Ramanujan Notebooks
#5 (1993), Dancers on a Plane

Larsen, Libby (1950-); USA

Quartet Schoenberg, Schenker, Schillinger (1991)

Bainbridge, Simon (1952-); England

(1972)

Muldowney, Dominic (1952-); UK

(1973)

Rihm, Wolfgang (1952-); Germany

#1, Op 2 (1970)
#3 (1976), In Innersten
#4 (1979-1981)
#5 (1981-1983), Ohne titel
#6 (1984), Blaubuch
#7 (1985), Veranderungen
#8 (1988)

Saariaho, Kaija (1952-); Finland

Nymphea (Jardin Secret III) (1987), {strqtte,live electronics}

Machover, Tod (1953-); USA

#1 (1981)

Steptoe, Roger (1953-); England

#1 (1976)
#2 (1985)

Mason, Benedict (1954-); UK

#1 (1987)
#2 (1993), [fp: 1993-11-20, Arditti Qt, Huddersfield Festival]

Vine, Carl (1954-); Australia

#2 (1984)

Weir, Judith (1954-); England

(1990), [fp: 1990-10-02, Endellion Qt, Liverpool]

Dusapin, Pascal (1955-); France

(1982-1983)
Time Zones (1989)

Kaipainen, Jouni (1956-)

#1 (1973)
#2 (1974)
#3, Op 25 (1984), Quartetto III

Holt, Simon (1958-); England

Danger of the Disappearance of Things (1989), [fp: 1990-07-02, Mistry Qt, Leeds Festival]

MacMillan, James (1959-); UK

Visions of a November Spring (1988)
#2 (1998), Why is this night different?, [fp: 1998-04-23; Maggini; Wigmore Hall]

Tüür, Erkki-Sven (1959-); Estonia

Kernis, Aaron Jay (1960-); USA

musica celestis (1990)
#2, musica instrumentalis, [Pulitzer Prize, 1998]

Adès, Thomas (1971-); UK

Op 12 (1994), Arcadiana, [fp: 1994-11-16, Endellion Qt, Cambridge]

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