Home / Music / Bartók's String Quartet No. 4 is a landmark of 20th-century musicMusic linernotes album music alban-berg-quartetBartók's String Quartet No. 4 is a landmark of 20th-century musicBartók’s String Quartet No. 4 (1928) features a palindromic arch structure and extensive use of extended string techniques. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBeethoven's middle quartets are longer, bolder, and more complex than the Op. 18 setBartók's six string quartets span his entire careerBartók's 'night music' passages evoke insects and birds in the string quartets — nature as dissonanceBeethoven's Grosse Fuge was booted from its own quartet by the publisherBeethoven's Op. 74 is called the 'Harp' quartet for its pizzicato arpeggiosExplore"Miles Beyond" on Birds of Fire was John McLaughlin's tribute to Miles Davis.Charles Mingus paid tribute to jazz greats on Mingus Ah Um.Patricia Barber's 'Icarus' on Mythologies was dedicated to Nina Simone.Miles Davis's 'If I Were a Bell' solo is widely studied by jazz musicians.Don Cherry became Cheb i Sabbah's musical mentor in 1970s New York.Previous Beethoven answered his own question on the last quartetNext Bartók's six string quartets span his entire career