III. Stringquartett : dedicated to the Musical Fund Society in Philadelphia

Alternate Title:

III. Streichquartett; III. string quartet; 3rd string quartet

Name:

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945

Date:

1927

Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable

Provenance:

Purchased from the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia and given to the Eugene Ormandy Archive, University of Pennsylvania Library, 1991.; Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.

Subject:

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945; String quartets -- Scores and parts; Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 Manuscripts; Music -- Manuscripts; Music; Manuscripts

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); scores (documents for music); Parts (Music)

Physical Description:

2 scores + 8 manuscript parts laid in portfolio; 36 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Notes:

Autograph ms.; partially holograph ms.; copyist's ms. with composer's corrections.; Formerly property of the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia; submitted to 1928 Chamber Music Prize Competition, awarded 1st prize.; Table of contents: III. Stringquartett [sic] : dedicated to the Musical Fund Society in Philadelphia / by Béla Bartók.--Budapest, 1927 Sept.--1 ms. score (20 p.); 35 x 27 cm.--Autograph ms.--Added t.p.: III. Vonósnégyes. -- Quatuor á cordes en Ut# : competition for chamber-music (motto: Aldebaran) / [Béla Bartók].--[1928?].--1 ms. score (33 p.) + 4 ms. parts (11 p. each); 34 x 27 cm.--Partially holograph ms. score (p. 3-14 in another hand); copyist's ms. parts with composer's corrections. -- Quatuor en Ut# / [Béla Bartók].--[1928?]--4 ms. parts; 33 cm.--Manuscript; fair copy, marked for performance with cues and revisions in another hand.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 35