Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
by Béla Bartók
The composer in 1927
CatalogueSz. 106, BB 114
Composed1936 (1936)
DedicationPaul Sacher
Published1937
MovementsFour
Premiere
DateJanuary 21, 1937 (1937-01-21)
LocationBasel, Switzerland
ConductorPaul Sacher
PerformersBasler 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 September 7, 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.