- Source: Budapest Quartet (1886)
The Budapest Quartet was a string quartet established in Budapest in 1886 by Jenő Hubay and David Popper.
Johannes Brahms performed with the quartet and thought it was the best he had heard.
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.
They performed for twenty-seven years.
Composition
The quartet's initial composition was:
Jenő Hubay, first violin
Viktor Herzfeld, second violin
Bram Eldering, viola
David Popper, cello
Herzfeld played in 1886-1889 and 1897-1899. Wilhelm Grünfeld (concertmaster of Budapest Opera) played in 1888 the 2nd violin and 1889 József Bloch (later a teacher at the Music Academy). After then, two students of Hubay played the 2nd violin: in 1894 János Farkas and from 1895 Rudolf Kemény. Elderling left the quartet soon. Violist from 1888 was Josef Waldbauer and from 1898 Gustav Szerémi.
Notes
References
Potter, Tully (1999). "From chamber to concert hall". In Stowell, Robin (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. pp. 56. ISBN 0-521-00042-4.
Campbell, Margaret (1999). "Nineteenth-century virtuosi". In Stowell, Robin (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. Cambridge University Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-521-62928-4.
Avins, Styra. "Performing Brahms's music: clues from his letters". In Musgrave,Michael; Sherman,Bernard D. (eds.). Performing Brahms: Early Evidence of Performance Style. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-521-65273-1.
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