The Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg published four string quartets, distributed over his lifetime. These were the String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 (1905), String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10 (1908), String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 (1927), and the String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936).
Librettist | Stefan Anton George |
Date of composition | 1908 (1907-1908) |
Premiered | 1908, December 21st (Bösendorfer-Saal) in Vienna, Austria |
First published | 1909 (self-publication); 1911/1912 in Vienna by Universal Edition (parts/score respectively) |
Dedicated to | Meiner Frau (Mathilde Zemlinsky) |
Type | String Quartet |
Tonality | F-sharp Minor |
Catalogue | Op. 10 |
Approx. duration | 30 minutes |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments | String Quartet |
Autotranslations beta |
Arnold Schönberg: Quatuor à cordes n°2 en fa dièse mineur, Op. 10 Arnold Schönberg: Quartetto d'archi n. 2 in fa diesis minore, Op. 10 Arnold Schönberg: Streichquartett Nr. 2 fis-moll, Op. 10 |