John Cage (1912-1992)

String Quartet in Four Parts (1949 -1950)

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1949 - 1950
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Peters, New York, nº EP 6757, 1960
    • Dedication: pour Lou Harrison
Detailed formation
  • violin, second violin, viola, cello

Premiere information

  • Date: 12 August 1950
    Location:

    États-Unis, New York, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain


    Performers:

    Vollmer Hethrington et Robert Brink : violon, Eleftherios Eleftherakis : alto, Arthur Fiedler : violoncelle.