Barenreiter TP421 - Cesar Franck Quatuor: String Quartet, for 2 violins, viola and cello. Study Score. César Franck's string quartet was completed and premiered in 1890 shortly before the composer's death; he did not live to see the work published. Now Bärenreiter, together with the “Association Internationale César Franck”, presents the string quartet in a scholarly-critical edition for the first time.