Budapest Quartet (1886)
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The Budapest Quartet was a string quartet established in Budapest, Hungary in 1886 by Jenő Hubay and David Popper.
Johannes Brahms performed with the quartet and thought it was the best he had heard.[1]
This quartet went under a variety of names. Outside Hungary it was usually called "Quartet Hubay-Popper". Within Hungary it was called "Hungarian Quartet" or "Budapest Quartet". This was because Hungarians were fiercely patriotic. Only in 1867 had the Austrian Empire been renamed Austro-Hungarian in recognition of Hungarian nationalist aspirations[2].
They performed for twenty-seven years.[3]
[edit] Composition
The quartet's initial composition was:
- Jenő Hubay, first violin
- Viktor Herzfeld, second violin
- Bram Elderling, viola
- David Popper (cello)
Elderling left the quartet soon. Violist from 1898 was Gustav Szermy.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Potter, The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet, p.56
- ^ Brandt, Nat (1993), Con Brio: Four Russians Called the Budapest String Quartet, p.33. Oxford University Press
- ^ Avins, Performing Brahms: Early Evidence of Performance Style, p.29
[edit] References
- Potter, Tully (1999). "From chamber to concert hall". In Stowell,Robin. The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet. Cambridge University Press. pp. 56. ISBN 0521000424.
- Campbell, Margaret (1999). "Nineteenth-century virtuosi". In Stowell,Robin. The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. Cambridge University Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0521629284.
- Avins, Styra. "Performing Brahms's music: clues from his letters". In Musgrave,Michael and Sherman,Bernard D.. Performing Brahms: Early Evidence of Performance Style. Cambridge University Press. pp. 29. ISBN 0521652731.
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