Ligeti's String Quartet No. 1

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Takács_Quartet
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gottfried_von_Einem_Prize
Koussevitzky Music Foundation Commission
gptkbp:characteristics Complex rhythms
Dissonance
Microtonality
gptkbp:composer gptkb:György_Ligeti
gptkbp:critical_reception Highly acclaimed
gptkbp:cultural_significance Represents post-war avant-garde music
gptkbp:dedication To the memory of the victims of the Holocaust
gptkbp:duration approximately 20 minutes
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Brussels
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ligeti's String Quartet No. 1
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:orchestra
gptkb:Expressionism
gptkb:mythological_figure
Serialism
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Webern
gptkb:Bartók
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:musician
2 violins
gptkbp:legacy Influenced contemporary composers
gptkbp:movement gptkb:3
gptkbp:notable_performance gptkb:Kronos_Quartet
gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkb:Arditti_Quartet
gptkbp:notable_recordings Available on various labels
Belcea Quartet recording
Miro Quartet recording
Arditti Quartet recording
Danish String Quartet recording
Kronos Quartet recording
Quatuor Modigliani recording
Lindsay String Quartet recording
Quatuor Ébène recording
Schoenberg Quartet recording
Quatuor Ardeo recording
Quatuor Debussy recording
Quatuor Diotima recording
Quatuor Tchalik recording
Quatuor Van Kuijk recording
Mandelring Quartet recording
Cypress String Quartet recording
Quatuor Danel recording
Elias String Quartet recording
Quatuor Acheron recording
Quatuor Arod recording
Quatuor Kheops recording
Quatuor Sine Nomine recording
Quatuor Tana recording
gptkbp:number_of_stages Quatuor de l' Université de Bruxelles
gptkbp:premiere_date gptkb:1958
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:Universal_Edition
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:Piano_Sonata
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._2
Atmosphères
gptkbp:style Avant-garde
gptkbp:technique Extended techniques
gptkbp:year_composed 1953