Hans Winterberg’s First String Quartet, finally premiered in 2024, is widely regarded as his most intricate and demanding pre-war work. Composed in 1936, his most prolific year, it reflects a mature personal style shaped by studies with Zemlinsky and a bold step into large-scale forms like the piano sonata, symphony, and string quartet. At the time, Winterberg was working independently in Prague, just before the upheaval of Nazi Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia. Stylistically, the quartet sits between Janáček, Pavel Haas, and the Second Viennese School.
This first edition is published in a study score format.