Ludwig Schuster Quartet

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The Ludwig Schuster Quartet was a string quartet from Halle (Saale) active in the 1950s and 1960s. It was named after first violin Ludwig Schuster (concertmaster at the Landestheater Halle).

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Members

Members of the ensemble were Ludwig Schuster (1st violin), Adam Busch and Georg Hanstedt (2nd violin), Walter Ziegler (viola) and Otto Kleist (cello). [1]

History

According to Konstanze Musketa "it played a pioneering role in the field of Neue Musik". [2] Thus it premiered several pieces, among others the String Quartet No. 8 "Die Nachgeburt" by Max Butting (1958), [3] the String Quartet No. 1 by Gerhard Wohlgemuth (1960), [4] the 2nd string quartet "Mors et Vita" by Jón Leifs (1960), [5] the String Quartet No. 2 by Leo Spies (1964) [6] and the String Quartet in E major by Hans Stieber (1965). [7]

In Halle (Saale) it performed regularly as part of the Händel Festival. [8] and the Musiktage [9] In 1956 it played at the 2nd All-German Music Festival in Coburg, Franconia, organized by the Verband der Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler der DDR  [ de ] and by the Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband. [10] In 1957 it gave a guest performance at the Berliner Festtage. [1]

Awards

In 1963 the string quartet was awarded the Handel Prize. [11]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 Hansjürgen Schaefer: Berliner Festtage 1957. Musik von Ottmar Gerster. Berliner Zeitung, 11 October 1957, Jg. 13, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Konstanze Musketa: [https://www.worldcat.org/title/musikgeschichte-der-stadt-halle-fuhrer-durch-die-ausstellung-des-handel-hauses/oclc/963523765&referer=brief_results Musikgeschichte der Stadt Halle. Führer durch die Ausstellung des Händel-Hauses. Händel-Haus, Halle an der Saale 1998, ISBN   3-910019-13-7, p. 86.
  3. ↑ Hansjürgen Schaefer: Kunst des Lichts und der Freude. Zum siebenten Male: Händelfestspiele in Halle. In Berliner Zeitung , 14 June 1958, Jg. 14, edition 135, p. 3.
  4. ↑ Horst Seeger: Musik für eine freundliche Zukunft. Die Händel-Festspiele 1960 in Halle. In Neues Deutschland , 22 May 1960, Jg. 15, edition 141, p. 6.
  5. ↑ Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2019, ISBN   978-0-253-04407-5, o.S (e-book).
  6. ↑ Akademie-Konzert. In Neues Deutschland, 9 June 1964, Jg. 19, edition 157, p. 4.
  7. ↑ Klaus Schneider: Hans Stieber. Lebensdaten, Werkverzeichnis, Bibliographie.Hans Stieber. Lebensdaten, Werkverzeichnis, Bibliographie on WorldCat In Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , NF 26 (1972) 3/4, pp. 199–215, here p. 206.
  8. ↑ Karin Zauft: Händel und die Händel-Festspiele in Halle. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN   978-3-89812-085-2, p. 37.
  9. ↑ Thomas Buchholz (Red.): Hallische Musiktage 1955–2005. Published by the Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt Deutscher Komponisten, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 12f.
  10. ↑ Hans Böhm: Geistliche und weltliche Gegenwart. Eindrücke vom gesamtdeutschen Musikfest in Coburg. In Neue Zeit , 13 September 1956, Jg. 12, p. 6.
  11. ↑ Christoph Rink: Chronologie des Händelpreises. In Mitteilungen des Freundes- und Förderkreises des Händel-Hauses zu Halle e.V. 1/2012, pp. 20–25, here p. 23.
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