Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta | |
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by Béla Bartók | |
![]() The composer in 1927 | |
Catalogue | Sz. 106, BB 114 |
Composed | 1936 |
Dedication | Paul Sacher |
Published | 1937 |
Movements | Four |
Premiere | |
Date | January 21, 1937 |
Location | Basel, Switzerland |
Conductor | Paul Sacher |
Performers | Basler Kammerorchester |
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 is one of the best-known compositions by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Commissioned by Paul Sacher to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the chamber orchestra Basler Kammerorchester, the score is dated 7 September 1936.
The work was premiered in Basel, Switzerland, on January 21, 1937 by the chamber orchestra conducted by Sacher, and was published the same year by Universal Edition.