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. [2]

They performed for twenty-seven years.[3]

Composition

The quartet's initial composition was:

Elderling left the quartet soon. Violist from 1898 was Gustav Szermy.

Notes

  1. Potter, The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet, p.56
  2. Brandt, Nat (1993), Con Brio: Four Russians Called the Budapest String Quartet, p.33. Oxford University Press
  3. Avins, Performing Brahms: Early Evidence of Performance Style, p.29

References

  • Potter, Tully (1999). "From chamber to concert hall". In Stowell,Robin. The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet. Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-521-00042-4. 
  • Campbell, Margaret (1999). "Nineteenth-century virtuosi". In Stowell,Robin. 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 and Sherman,Bernard D. Performing Brahms: Early Evidence of Performance Style. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-521-65273-1. 


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