Béla Bártok - String Quartet No. 3, III-IV

String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp major, Sz. 85, BB 93 (1927) I. Prima parte. Moderato II. Seconda parte. Allegro III. Ricapitolazione della prima parte. Moderato IV. Coda. Allegro molto Novák Quartet Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3 shared first prize with a quartet by Alfredo Casella at the 1927 Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia Competition. Its striking qualities could not have escaped the judges’ notice. Of Bartok’s six quartets, the third is the most concentrated in thematic material and structure. In