String Quartet n°1 (1941)

by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

general information

composition date
1941
duration
26min
publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'To Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge'
Opus
25

type

Chamber music (2 violins, viola, cello)

detailed formation

violin, second violin, viola, cello

information about the creation

date
September 1941
location

Los Angeles

interpreters

le Coolidge String Quartet

similar works

Same type
Created the same year
Composed the same year
Same detailed formation

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