String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Arrangements – Recordings

General Information:

Composition:
1945–6

First Performance:
5 May 1947. Broadcasting House Concert Hall, London. Blech String Quartet.

Duration:
About 28 minutes

Movements:

Dedication:
To Ernest Irving

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C53

Instrumentation:

2 violins, viola, cello

Manuscript:

Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 606a. Autograph score. Titled 'String Quartet in A minor'. 48 pages.

Publication:

Oxford University Press. 1947. Score, 019 359420X. Set of parts, 019 3594196.
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Recordings:

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Chamber Music