Original title: Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky
Subtitle: For string quartet
Opus nr: 28
Dedication: “Wilfried Brennecke gewidmet” [Dedication to Wilfried Brennecke]
Commissioner: Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
Premiere location: Witten
Premiere date: 1990.04.22.
Premiere performers: Auryn Quartet (Matthias Lingenfelder, violin; Jens Oppermann, violin; Stewart Eaton, viola; Andreas Arndt, violoncello)
Composition end date: 1989.01.17
Genre: Chamber Music
Instrumentation: violin, viola, violoncello
Duration (minutes): 12
Year of publication: 1995
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest
Publication number: Z. 13959 – ISMN: M-080-13959-2

1 Largo – In memoriam Tibor Turcsányi

2 Più andante – In memoriam Zsolt Baranyay

3 Sostenuto, quasi giusto

4 Grave, molto sostenuto

5 Presto – Fantasie über die Harmonien des Webern-Kanons

6 Molto agitato – Canon a 4

7 Sehr fließend – Canon a 2 (frei nach Op. 31/VI von Webern)

8 Lento – In memoriam Gabriella Garzó

9 Largo

10 Sehr fließend – Webern: Canon a 4 Op. 31/VI

11 Sostenuto – In memoriam György Szoltsányi

12 Sostenuto, quasi giusto

13 Sostenuto, con slancio

14 Disperato, vivo

15 Larghetto – Arioso interrotto (di Endre Szervánszky)