The String Quartet No. 14, Op. 26

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Schoenberg's_oeuvre
gptkbp:characteristics Emotional depth
Complex rhythms
Contrapuntal techniques
Use of dissonance
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Béla_Bartók
gptkbp:critical_reception Considered a masterpiece of the genre
Highly regarded by musicologists
gptkbp:cultural_significance Represents Bartók's late style
gptkbp:dedication To the memory of the composer’s father
gptkbp:duration approximately 30 minutes
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Budapest
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The String Quartet No. 14, Op. 26
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:György_Ligeti
gptkb:Eötvös_Péter
gptkb:László_Lajtha
gptkbp:influenced_by European classical music traditions
Hungarian folk music traditions
Bartók's earlier quartets
gptkbp:influences gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkbp:involved_forces two violins, viola, cello
gptkbp:key C major
gptkbp:movement gptkb:5
gptkbp:notable_performers gptkb:The_Alban_Berg_Quartet
gptkb:The_Artemis_Quartet
gptkb:The_Belcea_Quartet
gptkb:The_Borodin_Quartet
gptkb:The_Dover_Quartet
gptkb:The_Escher_String_Quartet
gptkb:The_Hagen_Quartet
gptkb:The_Pacifica_Quartet
gptkb:The_St._Lawrence_String_Quartet
gptkb:The_Tokyo_String_Quartet
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:The_Emerson_String_Quartet
gptkb:The_Juilliard_String_Quartet
gptkb:The_Takács_Quartet
gptkbp:performance Often performed in concert settings
Requires advanced technical skills
gptkbp:premiere_date 1938
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:Universal_Edition
gptkbp:record_label gptkb:Deutsche_Grammophon
gptkb:Sony_Classical
gptkb:Harmonia_Mundi
gptkb:Naxos
Chandos
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:String_Quartet_No._13,_Op._7
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._15,_Op._17
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._16,_Op._19
gptkbp:style Modern classical
gptkbp:year_composed 1937