The fourth has a second movement called Prestissimo, con sordino, and that work's fourth movement is to be played entirely in pizzicato.
The composer of these works referred to a "funeral dirge" in the first in A minor, likely prompted by his unrequited love for Stefi Geyer, and he also called the Allegro molto capriccioso movement of the second work "a kind of rondo." The last opens each movement with a section marked Mesto, and that work's Marcia and Burletta sections may have been inspired by similar sections in the composer's work Contrasts. The fifth has a third movement (*) Scherzo alla bulgarese, while the third is entirely in one movement. The fourth has a second movement called Prestissimo, con sordino, and that work's fourth movement is to be played entirely in pizzicato. For 10 points, name this group of six chamber works by the composer of Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta.
The composer of these works referred to a "funeral dirge" in the first in A minor, likely prompted by his unrequited love for Stefi Geyer, and he also called the Allegro molto capriccioso movement of the second work "a kind of rondo.
{Bartok String Quartets}