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Group name

Premieres

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Composer

Composition

Date

Location

Adler, Samuel	Quartet No. 3	1984-03-07	Cardiff, Wales	P
Notes Revised version
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Alberga, Eleanor	The Glimpse	2016-09-30	Leintwardine, England	P
Notes Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Antignani, Luca	Hommage à Henze	2003-02-uu	Paris, France	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Il re della foresta	2009-03-uu	Lyon, France	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Bassett, Leslie	Quartet No. 2	1951-06-10	Paris, France	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Quartet No. 3 H	1963-05-22	Rome, Italy	P
Problems, questions The composer’s website indicates “American String Quartet.”
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Bentzon, Niels Viggo	Quartet No. 5	1958-03-04	Copenhagen, Denmark	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Birtwistle, Harrison	4 Songs of Autumn	1988-01-24	London, England	P
Notes Sarah Leonard, soprano
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Boucourechliev, André	Quartet No. 3 H	1995-05-27	France	P
Notes At the Evian International String Quartet Competition, 1995 Additional references André Boucourechliev website [2010-12-21]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Brooks, Richard	Quartet No. 1	1973-08-25	Johnson VT, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Quartet No. 3	2008-02-23	New York NY, USA	P
Notes A preview performance by a different unknown quartet took place on 2008-02-20 in Atlanta GA, USA.
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Brouwer, Margaret	Wedding Song	2001-06-01	Redondo Beach CA, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Champagne, Claude	Quartet H	1954-12-11	Montréal, Canada	P
Notes Revised version Problems, questions Nevins 1990 indicates “Montreal Quartet.” Additional references Nevins 1990
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Chemin-Petit, Hans	Widmungen	1923-uu-uu	Berlin, Germany	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Childs, Barney	Quartet No. 3 H	1955-03-05	New York NY, USA	P
Additional references University of Redlands Barney Childs Collection [2014-02-09]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Cooke, Arnold	Quartet No. 3	1968-05-05	London, England	P
Notes BBC broadcast
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Diamond, David	6 Pieces	1935-1u-uu	New York NY, USA	P
Notes WPA Composers’ Forum, which started in October 1935
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Dohnányi, Ernő (von)

Quartet No. 1

1899-12-18

London, England

VIOLIN I	VIOLIN II	VIOLA	CELLO
Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Ludwig Lebell

Fine, Vivian	4 Songs	1932-02-05	New York NY, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Firsova, Elena	Quartet No. 1 H	1971-05-17	Moscow, Russia	P
Additional references Musik und Gender im Internet [2013-12-27]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Quartet No. 2 H	1974-12-10	Moscow, Russia	P
Additional references Musik und Gender im Internet [2013-12-27]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Misterioso H	1982-04-14	Moscow, Russia	P
Problems, questions Boosey & Hawkes lists the premiere in Germany on 1982-06-30 [2013-12-27]. Additional references Musik und Gender im Internet [2013-12-27]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Amoroso H	1989-10-uu	Cremona, Italy	P
Additional references Musik und Gender im Internet [2013-12-27]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Compassione H	1995-09-15	London, England	P
Additional references Musik und Gender im Internet [2013-12-27]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Frank, Walter	The Lonely Chant	2013--	Hartford CT, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Fricker, Peter Racine	Quartet in 1 Movement	1949-09-06	Paris, France	P
Notes Performed by “Davison, McMahon, Ballardie, Leonard”
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Gaber, Harley	The Winds Rise in the North	1974-08-uu	Peterborough NH, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Glick, Srul Irving	From out of the Depths	1986-05-04	Toronto ON, Canada	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Glière, Reinhold	Quartet No. 1	1901-01-02	St. Petersburg, Russian Empire	P
Notes In the Russian calendar in use at the time, the date was 1900-12-20.
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Hagen, Daron	Quartet No. 1	1985-08-25	Lenox MA, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Harbison, John	Variations in First Position H	1993-04-03	Weston MA, USA	P
Additional references Communication from Sarah Schaffer, 2011-05-24
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Fantasia on a Ground H	1993-04-03	Weston MA, USA	P
Additional references Communication from Sarah Schaffer, 2011-05-24
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Hersant, Philippe	Fantaisies sur le nom de Sacher	2012-06-30	Cully, Switzerland	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Irsen, Heinz	Reigen und Polka	1939-01-01	Cologne, Germany	P
Notes Broadcast
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Ježek, Jaroslav	Quartet No. 2 H	1942-04-16	New York NY, USA	P
Additional references Communication from Stephen Ellis [2022-08-04]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Jones, Trevor	Essay	1963-uu-uu	Perth WA, Australia	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Kubík, Ladislav

Quartet No. 1

1982-04-22

Paris, France

VIOLIN I	VIOLIN II	VIOLA	CELLO
Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Liebermann, Lowell	Quartet No. 1	1981-01-20	New York NY, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Luening, Otto	Quartet No. 3 H	1937-09-19	Saratoga Springs NY, USA	P
Additional references Hartsock 1991
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Matheson, James	Spin	1999-05-16	Chicago IL, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Nordgren, Pehr Henrik	Quartet No. 2	1969-02-13	Trondheim, Norway	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Rainier, Priaulx	Quartet [1922] H	2004-09-08	St. Ives, England	P
Additional references Tate St. Ives press release, 2004 [2013-09-09]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Rautavaara, Einojuhani	Galgenlieder	1949-10-23	Stockholm, Sweden	P
Notes Singer unknown
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Rosen, Jerome	Quartet No. 1	1953-03-uu	CA, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Samarás, Chrístos	Quartet No. 1	1978-04-27	Vienna, Austria	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Quartet No. 4	1985-06-03	Dresden, Germany (Democratic Republic)	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Sauguet, Henri	Méditations à la mémoire de Jean Cocteau	1983-10-18	Saint-Roch, France	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Saygun, Ahmed Adnan	Quartet No. 3 H	1987-uu-uu	Moscow, USSR	P
Additional references Yıldız 2007
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Schickele, Peter	Quartet No. 3	1988-11-20	Bryn Mawr PA, USA	P
Notes Ravas 2004 indicates “members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.”
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Senfter, Johanna	Quartet No. 2 H	1922-11-05	Darmstadt, Germany	P
Problems, questions Details need confirmation
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Sharlat, Yevgeniy

Quartet No. 1

2000-uu-uu

Philadelphia PA, USA

VIOLIN I	VIOLIN II	VIOLA	CELLO
[Unknown] [Unknown]

Sigurbjörnsson, Þorkell	Hässelby Quartet	1968-09-21	Stockholm, Sweden	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Copenhagen Quartet	1978-06-04		P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Smith, Linda Catlin	Clay	1981-uu-uu	Victoria BC, Canada	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Taylor, Helen	Fugue H	1942-05-04	New York NY, USA	P
Additional references Tantara TCD-0507DHT2-HS [CD]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Thommessen, Olav Anton	Quartet No. 1	1969-uu-uu	Indiana, USA	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Borodin’s Law	2005-09-29	Tronheim, Norway	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Turina, Joaquín	Talía: Orange Trees and Olive Trees H	1944-12-02	Mar del plata, Argentina	P
Additional references Joaquín Turina website [2013-11-05]
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Vaughan Williams, Ralph	Quartet No. 1	1922-03-06	London, England	P
Notes Revised version
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Webern, Anton (von)

5 Movements

1910-02-08

Vienna, Austria

VIOLIN I	VIOLIN II	VIOLA	CELLO
Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Wellesz, Egon	Quartet No. 1 H	1913-10-31	Berlin, Germany	P
Additional references Benser 1985
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

	Quartet No. 4 H	1922-uu-uu	London, England	P
Additional references Benser 1985
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Wissmer, Pierre	Quartet No. 1	1938-03-20	Paris, France	P
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Wood, Philip	Quartet No. 1 H	1993-10-02	Stroud, England	P
Additional references Da Capo DC 131 (published score)
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Wordsworth, William	Quartet No. 3 H	1948-07-01	Cheltenham, England	P
Additional references Conway 2008
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.

Young, Gayle	Harmonium for James Tenney H	--	Toronto ON, Canada	P
Additional references Communication from Gayle Young, 2019-03-05
No quartet performers are listed for this premiere.