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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1HALIR QUARTET. Composed of Carl Halir, Gustav Exner, Adolph Muller and Hugo Dechert. Halir was the second violinist in the Joachim quartet from 1897 to 1907, and turned his experience to good account in forming his own quartet which enjoyed the highest degree of artistic success.
3HAMBURG QUARTET. Composed of Florian Zajic, J. Schloming, M. Lowenberg and A. Gowa. One of Europe's finest ensemble organizations which presented not only the greatest of classic but also of modern quartet works with a more than satisfying degree of musical authority.
5HANFLEIN QUARTET. Composed of George Hanflein, Hugo Piening, Edward Kirchner and Emil Blume. Another European organization which performed all the masterpieces of chamber music in a manner which won universal approbation.
7HELLMESBERGER QUARTET. Composed of Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr., M. Durst, C. Heissler and C. Schlesinger. This quartet monopolized chamber music playing in Vienna for more than a quarter of a century. It was succeeded by another quartet of the same name, composed of Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr., Th. Schwendt, J. Egghard and Ferdinand Hellmesberger.
9HOLLAENDER QUARTET. First composed of Gustav Hollaender, Bari, Schwartz and Grutzmacher. Later Hollaender formed a new quartet in Berlin with Willy Nirking, Heinrich Brandler and Leo Schrattenholz. Both organizations reached a high standard of excellence.
11JOACHIM QUARTET. Composed of Joseph Joachim, Heinrich De Ahna, Emanuel Wirth and Robert Hausmann. This quartet remained intact for many years except for changes in the second violin, first to Johann Kruse and later to Carl Halir. The Joachim quartet is regarded as the greatest quartet organization of all time; it was equally admirable in respect to musical enthusiasm, ponderation of thought and correctness of execution. Joachim also had a quartet in London which he conducted yearly from January to March. It was composed of Joachim, Ries, Webb and Piatti. In Joachim's absence his place was taken by Lady Halle or Ysaÿe.
13KNEISEL QUARTET. Founded by Franz Kneisel in 1885 with E. Fielder, L. Svecenski and F. Giese. Otto Roth succeeded Mr. Fielder in 1887 and Anton Hekking Mr. Giese in 1889. In 1891 Alwin Schroeder succeeded Mr. Hekking; in 1899 Karl Ondricek succeeded Mr. Roth and J. Theodorowicz succeeded Mr. Ondricek in 1902. The final formation of the quartet was made up of Franz Kneisel, Hans Letz, L. Svecenski and Wilhelm Willeke. The quartet disbanded in 1917 after thirty-two years of chamber music concerts. It ranked with the finest organizations of its kind in existence, and as it appeared in practically every city of size in the United States, it spread appreciation of chamber music from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.
15LEIPZIG QUARTET. This quartet was for about forty years under the leadership of Ferdinand David, one of the world's greatest violinists. During that period it gave hundreds of concerts, performing the greatest chamber music masterpieces with precision and musical feeling, gaining continuous recognition as one of the greatest organizations of this kind in the world.
17LENER QUARTET. Composed of Teno Lener, Joseph Smilovitz, Sandor Roth and Imre Hartmann. A Hungarian quartet which has toured Europe and Great Britain with great success. Its members are all comparatively young men and the quartet gives promise of being ranked among the best in Europe.
19This quartet has also made a splendid contribution to the archives of music for future generations in its recordings for the phonograph, made in Europe and procurable in this country through The Columbia Phonograph Company. The following list will have interest for every lover of chamber music:
21Adagio-Quartet Op. 74—Beethoven
22Adagio-Quartet Op. 59, No. 1—Beethoven.
23Allegro-Quartet in Bb—Mozart
24Andante-Quartet Op. 51, No. 2—Brahms
25Andante-Posthumous Quartet—Schubert
26Andantino-Quartet Op. 10—Debussy
27Scherzo-Quartet Op. 11—Tschaikowsky
28Serenade-Quartet Op. 3, No. 5—Haydn
29Their recordings also include complete renditions on several records of works such as:
30Quartet in C# Minor, Op. 131—Beethoven (In 10 parts)
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