String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkbp:analysis Often analyzed in musicology courses
gptkbp:characteristics Complex rhythms
Use of silence
Contrapuntal textures
Dissonant harmonies
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Béla_Bartók
gptkbp:cultural_significance Represents Bartók's mature style
gptkbp:dedication To the memory of the composer’s father
gptkbp:duration approximately 30 minutes
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Budapest
gptkbp:form String quartet form
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Contemporary_composers
gptkbp:influenced_by Eastern European folk music
gptkbp:influences gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkbp:inspiration Personal loss
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:musician
2 violins
gptkbp:key C major
gptkbp:movement gptkb:5
gptkbp:notable_performance Performed by the Budapest String Quartet
gptkbp:notable_recordings Available on various classical music labels
Bartók String Quartets by the Juilliard String Quartet
Bartók String Quartets by the Emerson String Quartet
Bartók String Quartets by the Takács Quartet
Bartók String Quartets by the Budapest String Quartet
Bartók String Quartets by the Tokyo String Quartet
gptkbp:performed_by gptkb:Kronos_Quartet
gptkb:Tokyo_String_Quartet
gptkb:Alban_Berg_Quartet
gptkb:Emerson_String_Quartet
gptkb:Juilliard_String_Quartet
gptkbp:premiere_date gptkb:1929
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Universal_Edition
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:String_Quartet_No._5
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._6
gptkbp:significance Important work in 20th-century chamber music
gptkbp:style Modern classical
gptkbp:year_composed 1928
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Second_Viennese_School
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5