- Rosé Quartet
The Rosé Quartet was a
string quartet formed byArnold Rosé in 1882.It was active for 55 years, until 1938.
Members
Its members changed over time.
Rosé was first
violin throughout. Julius Egghard played the second violin at first; then it was Albert Bachrich, until 1905 when Paul Fischer joined.Violist was initially Anton Loh, then Hugo von Steiner until 1901 when Anton Ruzitska came on; after 1920, Max Handl played the viola. Eduard Rosé, Arnold’s brother, had been a founding member of the ensemble playing thecello , but left after one season to get married and was replaced byReinhold Hummer , who was in turn replaced by Friedrich Buxbaum; cellist Anton Walter joined in 1921, but later on Buxbaum rejoined.The group's peak period was between 1905 and 1920, with Rosé, Fischer, Ruzitska, and Buxbaum.
Repertoire
The quartet's repertoire was based around the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, but many contemporary composers also benefited from the quartet's support, including
Arnold Schoenberg .Associations
The group participated in the Vienna premieres of works by Brahms, including his Clarinet Quintet and his Quintet in G major Opus 111. It also premiered Schoenberg's first and second string quartets and participated in the premiere of
Verklärte Nacht along with two members of theVienna Philharmonic Orchestra : Franz Jelinek, viola, and Franz Schmidt, violoncello.Among the quartet's performing collaborators were
Julius Röntgen , Johannes Brahms,Franz Steiner , andRichard Mühlfeld .The quartet also recorded.
References
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* [http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1790/q_g3.htm String Quartets]
*External links
* [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/pfp.asp?ean=9781574670851&z=y First Chapter of Alma Rose book] containing information about the quartet
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