String Quartet No. 1 (Szymanowski)

37, is a composition for string quartet by Karol Szymanowski.

[1][2] It is notable for its "polytonal" third movement, which contains four key signatures in its written four parts: the first violin with 3 sharps, the second violin with 6 sharps, the viola with 3 flats, and the cello with no flats or sharps.

[3] Dedicated to the French musicologist Henry Prunières, the work won the first prize in the Polish Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment's chamber music competition.

[3] Szymanowski planned on including a fourth movement, a fugal finale, but the idea ultimately got scrapped.

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