Georg Friedrich Haas
*16.08.1953

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Georg Friedrich Haas
String Quartet No. 2 | for string quartet

Work Details
Year of composition: 1998
Scored for: for string quartet
Composer: Georg Friedrich Haas
Duration (min): 18

Purchase information: Selected editions are available on sale on request.
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World Première
Location: Konzerthaus Wien / Austria
Date: 24.03.1998
Orchestra: Hagen Quartett
Work Introduction

My String Quartet No. 2 – a commission by the Wiener Konzerthaus for the Hagen Quartet – combines tonal, apparently historicising sound elements with microtonal adjustments, temporal expansions and compressions and a sometimes virtuoso, flickering sound picture. Tradition shines through [...]