| Date of composition | 1941 (July 1941) |
| Premiered | 1941, September 21st (Belle Wilber Thorne Hall, Occidental College) in Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| Dedicated to | 'To Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge' |
| Type | String Quartet |
| Tonality | D Major |
| Catalogue | BTC 898 |
| Approx. duration | 26 minutes |
| Instruments | String Quartet |
| Autotranslations beta |
Benjamin Britten: Quatuor à cordes n°1 en ré majeur, BTC 898 Benjamin Britten: Quartetto d'archi n. 1 in re maggiore, BTC 898 Benjamin Britten: Streichquartett Nr. 1 D-dur, BTC 898 |