String Quartet No. 2 (Enescu)

String Quartet
No. 2
by George Enescu
George Enescu in the 1940s
KeyG major
Opus22, No. 2
Composed1950 (1950)–1951
DedicationElizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Performed7 February 1954 (1954-02-07) Boston Public Library
Published1954 (1954)
Duration25 min
Movements4

The String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 22, No. 2, is a chamber music work by the Romanian composer George Enescu, composed mainly between 1950 and 1951, though it has a lengthy pre-history and received a number of revisions in 1952 and possibly early 1953. The score is dedicated to the American pianist, composer, and arts patron, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. A performance of it lasts about 25 minutes.