String Quartet Repertoire- (Twentieth Century Composers)

The String Quartet Repertoire

Composers Born in the Twentieth Century

Works Chronology

Key Composers

Nineteenth Century

Eighteenth Century

Full Alphabetical Index

Alwyn Antheil Arnold Babbitt Barber Bentzon Berio Berkeley Blacher Blomdahl Boucourechliev Boulez Britten Brown Brown Bryars Bush Bussotti Cage Carter Copland Crawford Crumb Dutilleux Eliasson Feldman Ferneyhough Fine Finney Françaix Frankel Fricker Ginastera Glass Goehr Górecki Gubaidulina Harbison Harvey Henze Hiller Holliger Holmboe Husa Imbrie Jolivet Kabalevsky Kagel Kaipainen Khachaturian Kirchner Kokkonen Krenek Kurtág Lees Ligeti Lucier Lutoslawski Lutyens Maconchy Mason Maxwell Davies Mennin Muldowney Musgrave Nancarrow Nono Nørgård Nørholm Nyman Pärt Payne Penderecki Perle Petrassi Pousseur Rainier Ran Rawsthorne Reich Reynolds Rihm Riley Rochberg Rorem Rubbra Ruders Saariaho Sallinen Schafer Schnittke Schuller Schuman Segerstam Seiber Shostakovitch Simpson Subotnik Tavener Tippett Tower Tubin Tüür Van de Vate Volans Walton Weill Weir Wirén Wolff Wolpe Wood Wuorinen Xenakis Zwilich

Antheil, George (1900-1959)

Lithuanian Night (1919)
#1 (1924), [rev (1925)]
6 Little Pieces (1931)
#2 (1927)
#3 (1948)

Bush, Alan (1900-)

Op 4 in a (1923)
Op 15 (1929), Dialectic
Op 70 (1969), Serenade
Op 81 (1975), Suite of Six

Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)

(1923), 2 pieces
(1928), Lento molto

Krenek, Ernst (1900-1991)

#1, Op 6 (1921)
#2, Op 8 (1921)
#3, Op 20 (1923)
#4, Op 24 (1923-1924)
#5, Op 65 (1930)
#6, Op 78 (1937)
#7, Op 96 (1943-1944)

Weill, Kurt (1900-1950)

in b (1919)
Op 8 (1923)

Crawford, Ruth [Seeger] (1901-1953)

(1931)

Rubbra, Edmund (1901-1986)

#1 in f (1933)
#2 in Eb (1952)
#3 (1962-1963)
#4 (1976-1977)

Walton, William (1902-1983)

(1919-1922), [withdrawn]
in a (1945-1947)

Wolpe, Stefan (1902-1972)

(1968-1969)

Berkeley, Lennox (1903-1989)

#1, Op 6 (1935)
#2, Op 15 (1942)
#3, Op 76 (1970)
In memoriam Igor Stravinsky (1971)

Blacher, Boris (1903-1975)

#1, Op 11 (1930), Four Pieces for String Quartet
#2, Op 16 (1940)
#3, Op 32 (1944)

Khachaturian, Aram (1903-1978)

(1932), Double Fugue, [rev 1967 as, Recitative and Fugue]

Rainier, Priauix (1903-1988)

(1939)

Kabalevsky, Dmitri (1904-1987)

#1, Op 8 in a (1928)
#2, Op 44 in g (1945)

Petrassi, Goffredo (1904-)

(1929)
(1958)
(1973-1975)

Alwyn, William (1905-1985)

#1 in d (1953)
#2 (1975), Spring Waters
#3 (1984)

Jolivet, André (1905-1974)

#3 (1974)

Rawsthorne, Alan (1905-1971)

#1 (1939), Theme and Variations
#2 (1954)
#3 (1964)

Seiber, Mátyás (1905-1960)

#1 (1924)
#2 (1934-1935)
#3 (1948-1951)

Tippett, Michael (1905-)

Please see repertoire list on key composers page.

Tubin, Eduard (1905-1982)

(1979)
Elegy

Wirén, Dag (1905-1986)

#1 (?)
#2 Op 9 (1935)
#3 Op 18 (1941-1945)
#4 Op 28 (1952-1953)
#5 Op 41 (1968-1970)

Finney, Ross Lee (1906-)

#1 (1935)
#2 (1937)
#3 (1940)
#4 (1947)
#5 (1948)
#6 (1950)
#7 (1955)
#8 (1960)

Frankel, Benjamin (1906-1973)

#1, Op 14 (?)
#2, Op 15 (1944)
#3, Op 18 (?)
#4, Op 21 (?)
#5, Op 43 (1965)

Lutyens, Elisabeth (1906-1983)

#2, Op 5/5 (1938)
#3, Op 18 (1949)
#6, Op 25/3 (1952)
Op 51 (1963)
Op 93 (1973), Plenum III
Op 107 (1976), Mare et minutiae
Op 139 (1979)
Op 146 (1980), Diurnal
#12, Op 155 (1981)
#13, Op 158 (1982)

Shostakovitch, Dmitri (1906-1975)

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Maconchy, Elizabeth (1907-1994)

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Carter, Elliott (1908-)

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Holmboe, Vagn (1909-1996)

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Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)

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Schuman, William (1910-1992)

#1 (1936)
#2 (1937)
#3 (1939)
#4 (1950)
#5 (1987)

Cage, John (1912-1992)

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Françaix, Jean (1912-)

(1934)

Nancarrow, Conlon (1912-)

#1 (1945)
#3 (1988), Canon 3/4/5/6

Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)

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Lutoslawski, Witold (1913-1994)

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Fine, Irving (1914-1962)

(1952)

Perle, George (1915-)

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Babbitt, Milton (1916-)

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Blomdahl, Karl-Birger (1916-1968)

#1 (1939)
#2 (1948)

Dutilleux, Henri (1916-)

(1975-1976), Ainsi la nuit

Ginastera, Alberto (1916-1983)

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Rochberg, George (1918-)

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Bentzon, Niels Viggo (1919-)

Op 32, Bagatelles
#3, Op 72 (1951)
#6, Op 124 (1960)
#8, Op 28 (1965)
#10, Op 338 (1974)
Op 507 (1987) String Quartet in One Movement
#14, Op 519 (1987)

Kirchner, Leon (1919-)

#1 (1949)
#2 (1958)
#3 (1966), with electronic tape

Fricker, Peter Racine (1920-1990)

#1, Op 8 (1947)
#2, Op 20 (1952-1953)

Arnold, Malcolm (1921-)

#1, Op 23 (1949)
#2, Op 118 (1975)

Husa, Karel (1921-)

#2 (1953)
#3 (1968)
#4 (1990)

Imbrie, Andrew (1921-)

#1 (1942)
#2 (1953)
#3 (1957)
#4 (1969)
#5 (1987)

Kokkonen, Joonas (1921-)

#1 (1958-1959)
#2 (1964-1966)
#3 (1976)

Simpson, Robert (1921-)

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Xenakis, Iannis (1922-)

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Ligeti, György (1923-)

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Mennin, Peter (1923)

(1941)
(1951)

Rorem, Ned (1923-)

#1 (1947), [Withdrawn]
#2 (1950)

Hiller, Lejarin (1924-)

#1 (1949)
#2 (1951)
#3 (1953)
#4 (1955-1956), Illiac Suite, [Computer generated, in collaboration with Leonard Isaacson]
#5 (1962), In Quarter-tones
#6 (1972)
#7 (1979)

Lees, Benjamin (1924-)

(1952)
(1955)

Nono, Luigi (1924-1990)

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Berio, Luciano (1925-)

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Boucourechliev, André (1925-)

(1968), Archipel 2

Boulez, Pierre (1925-)

(1948-1949), Livre pour quatuor

Schuller, Gunther (1925-)

#1 (1957)
#2 (1966)
#3 (1986)

Brown, Earle (1926-)

(1965)

Feldman, Morton (1926-1987)

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Henze, Hans Werner (1926-)

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Kurtág, György (1926-)

Op 1 (1959)

Musgrave, Thea (1928-)

(1958)

Crumb, George (1929-)

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Pousseur, Henri (1929-)

(1960-1961), Ode

Van de Vate, Nancy (1930-)

#1 (1969)

Bussotti, Sylvano (1931-)

(1962-1971), Quartetto Gramsci, [orig strqtte/orch]

Gubaidulina, Sofiya (1931-)

#1 (1971)
#2 (1987)
#3 (1987)

Kagel, Mauricio (1931-)

#1 (1965-1967)
#2 (1965-1967)
#3 (1986-1987)

Lucier, Alvin (1931-)

Fragments (1961)

Nørholm, Ib (1931-)

#1, Op 4 (1955), In vere
#2, Op 31 (1965), Impromptus
#3, Op 35 (1966), From my Green Herbarium
#4, Op 38 (1966), September-October-November
Op 65 (1976)
#7, Op 94 (1985), En passant
#8, Op 107 (1988), Memories

Goehr, Alexander (1932-)

#1 (1956-1957)
#2 (1967)
#3 (1975-1976)
#4

Nørgård, Per (1932-)

#1 (1952), Quartetto Breve
#2, Op 21 (1953-1958), Quartetto Brioso
#3 (1959), Three Miniatures
#4 (1965-1969), Dreamscape (Quartet In Three Spheres)
#5 (1969), Inscape
#6 (1986), Tintinnabulary

Wood, Hugh (1932-)

in Bb (1957)
#1, Op 4 (1962)
#2, Op 13 (1970)
#3, Op 20 (1978)
#4 (1993)

Górecki, Henryk (1933-)

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Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933-)

#1 (1960)
#2 (1968)
(1988), Interbrochene Gedanke

Schafer, Raymond Murray (1933-)

(1970)
#2 (1976), Waves

Subotnik, Morton (1933-)

(1960)

Maxwell Davies, Peter (1934-)

Quartet Movement (1952)
Little Quartet No 1 (1980)
Little Quartet No 2 (1981)
(1961)

Reynolds, Roger (1934-)

(1961)
(1985), Coconino... a shattered landscape for String Quartet

Schnittke, Alfred (1934-)

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Wolff, Christian (1934-)

(1961), Summer

Pärt, Arvo (1935-)

Summa
Fratres, [version for String Quartet]

Riley, Terry (1935-)

G Song (1973)
Mythic Birds Waltz
Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984)
Salome Dances for Peace (1985-1986), [Cycle of five quartets]
- Anthem of the Great Spirit
- Conquest of the War Demons
- The Gift
- The Ecstasy
- Good Medicine

Sallinen, Aulis (1935-)

#1 (1958)
#2 (1960), Canzona
#3 (1969), Aspekteja Peltoniemen Hintrikin surumarssista
#4 (1971), Quiet Songs

Payne, Anthony (1936-)

(1978)

Reich, Steve (1936-)

Different Trains (1988), {strqtte,tape}

Glass, Philip (1937-)

#1 (1966)
#2 (1983)
#3 (1985)
#4 (1989)
#5 (1992)

Harbison, John (1938-)

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Tower, Joan (1938-)

Night Fields (1994)

Wuorinen, Charles (1938-)

(1957)
Three Pieces (1958)
#1 (1971)
#2 (1979)
Divertimento (1983)
#3 (1987)

Harvey, Jonathan (1939-)

#1 (1977)
#2 (1988)

Holliger, Heinz (1939-)

(1973)

Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe (1939-)

(1974), 1974
(1984), [Double quartet]

Brown, Christopher (1943-)

Op 79, Fanfare to Welcome Michael Tippett

Bryars, Gavin (1943-)

#1 (1985), Between the National and the Bristol
#2 (1990)

Ferneyhough, Brian (1943-)

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Nyman, Michael (1944-)

#1 (1985)
#2 (1988)
#3 (1989)
#4

Segerstam, Leif (1944-)

#1 (1962)
#2 (1964)
#3 (1965-1966)
#4 (1966)
#5 (1970)
#6 (1974)
#7 (1975)
#8 (1976)
#9 (1976)
#10 (1977)
#11 (1977)
(1990), Thoughts, {strqtte,orch}

Tavener, John (1944-)

The Hidden Treasure (1989)
Last Sleep of the Virgin (1991)

Eliasson, Anders (1947-)

Disegno (1975)
(1990-1991)

Ran, Shulamit (1949-)

(1984)
#2 (1989), Vistas

Ruders, Poul (1949-)

#1 (1971)
#2 (1979)
#3 (1979), Motet

Volans, Kevin (1949-)

White Man Sleeps 1985, [in five parts]
Movement (1987), [formerly named Notes d'un peintre]
#2 (1987), Hunting: Gathering
#3 (1988), Songlines
#4 (1990-1994), Ramanujan Notebooks
#5 (1993), Dancers on a Plane

Muldowney, Dominic (1952-)

(1973)

Rihm, Wolfgang (1952-)

#3 (1976), In Innersten
#4 (1979-1981)
#5 (1981-1983), Ohne titel
#8 (1988)

Saariaho, Kaija (1952-)

Nymphea (Jardin Secret III) (1987), {strqtte,live electronics}

Mason, Benedict (1954-)

#1 (1987)

Weir, Judith (1954-)

(1990)

Kaipainen, Jouni (1956-)

#3, Op 25 (1984)

Tüür, Erkki-Sven (1959-)

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