HENLE BARTOK String Quartet No.5 Study Score

The longest and at the same time most complex of Bartók’s six string quartets was composed in the summer of 1934 as a well-paid commission for the renowned Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in Washington. Bartók wrote it in a few weeks in Budapest. The substantially reworked autograph shows us how hard he laboured on the elaborate five-movement form. In the run-up to the premiere, he clarified numerous questions concerning the execution – including specific practice instructions for the “Bulgarian rhythm” of the third movement – with the first violinist of the Kolisch Quartet. Study score (pocket score), Urtext Edition, paperbound String Quartets No distribution rights for USA Pages 98 (XX+78), Size 17,0 x 24,0 cm Weight 212 g HN 7425 · ISMN 979-0-2018-7425-8