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Quartet

1945

In D Major. The manuscript is in the library of Durham University, England.

Quartet No. 1

1952

C

Alfred Lengnick

Dedicated to / written for: George Enescu

Quartet No. 2

1953

B

Alfred Lengnick

Dedicated to / written for: Element Quartet

Quartet No. 3

1954

B–C

Alfred Lengnick

Dedicated to / written for: Dorothy Hemming

Quartet No. 4

1973

D

Alfred Lengnick

Dedicated to / written for: Basil Lam

Quartet No. 5

1974

D

Alfred Lengnick

Dedicated to / written for: Angela Musgrave

Quartet No. 6

1975

D

Alfred Lengnick

Dedicated to / written for: Barrie and Jamila Gavin

Quartet No. 7

1977

B

Alfred Lengnick

Commissioned by: Susi Jeans
Dedicated to / written for: Susi Jeans

Quartet No. 8

1979

D

Faber

Commissioned by: Brunel Philharmonic Society; Greater London Arts Association
Dedicated to / written for: David and Irena Gillett

Quartet No. 9

32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn

1982

E

Faber

Commissioned by: Delmé Quartet
Dedicated to / written for: Delmé Quartet

Quartet No. 10

For Peace

1983

C

Roberton

Commissioned by: Coull Quartet
Dedicated to / written for: Coull Quartet

Quartet No. 11

1984

C

Alfred Lengnick

Commissioned by: Alfreton Adult Education Centre
Dedicated to / written for: Coull Quartet

Quartet No. 12

1987

D

Alfred Lengnick

Commissioned by: Nottingham Festival
Dedicated to / written for: Lionel Pike

Quartet No. 13

1989

B

Alfred Lengnick

Commissioned by: Cardiff Festival
Dedicated to / written for: Graham and Alex Melville-Mason

Quartet No. 14

1990

D

Alfred Lengnick

Commissioned by: RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
Dedicated to / written for: John Young

Quartet No. 15

1991

B

Alfred Lengnick

Dedicated to / written for: RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

Quartet No. 16

1997

Incomplete

The Art of the Fugue (arr.)

19uu

E

Adaptation of Die Kunst der Fuge of Johann Sebastian Bach, including the completion of the last contrapunctus by Donald Tovey