List of string quartet ensembles
This is a list of recognized string quartets (i.e. groups of musical performers), current or past, in alphabetical order. It does not include the names of musical quartet compositions.
A
Name | Location | F. | D. |
---|---|---|---|
Aeolian[1] | London | 194? | 1981 |
Afiara | New York City | 2006 | |
Aiana | San Diego | 2007 | |
Alani | Bournemouth | ? | |
Alban Berg | Vienna | 1971 | 2008 |
Alberni[2] | Harlow | 1968 | |
ALEA | Graz | 1988 | |
Alexander | San Francisco | 1981 | |
Allegri | London | 1953 | |
Amadeus | London | 1947 | 1987 |
Amar | Frankfurt | 1921 | 1929 |
Amar | Zürich | 1987 | |
Amaryllis | Berlin | ? | |
Amati | Saskatoon | 2003 | |
American SQ[3] | New York City | 1974 | |
Amernet | Miami | 1991 |
- Amphion String Quartet[4]
- Amsterdam String Quartet
- Ancora String Quartet
- Angeles String Quartet
- Annex String Quartet
- Apollon Musagete Quartett
- Apple Hill String Quartet
- Arcadia Quartet
- Ardeo String Quartet
- Ardeton String Quartet
- Arditti Quartet
- Arianna String Quartet
- Ariel String Quartet
- Armadillo String Quartet
- aron quartett[5]
- Artaria String Quartet
- Artemis Quartet
- Arvesen Quartet
- Atom String Quartet
- Atrium String Quartet
- Attacca Quartet
- Australian String Quartet
- Avalon Quartet
- Aviv String Quartet
- Avoca String Quartet
B
- Badke Quartet
- Balanescu Quartet
- Barchet Quartet
- Baroque Quartet
- Bartholdy Quartet
- Bartók Quartet
- Barylli Quartet
- Beethoven Quartet
- Béla Quartet
- Belcea Quartet
- Bergonzi Quartet
- Berkshire String Quartet
- Bessler Quartet
- Biava Quartet
- Bohemian Quartet
- Bolshoi Theatre Quartet
- bond
- Borodin Quartet
- Borromeo String Quartet
- Borusan String Quartet
- Boston String Quartet
- Brandis Quartet
- Brentano Quartet
- Brindisi String Quartet
- Brodsky Quartet
- Brooklyn Rider
- Brosa Quartet
- Budapest Quartet original
- Budapest String Quartet
- Busch Quartet
- Buxbaum Quartet
C
- Calder Quartet[6]
- Calidore String Quartet[7]
- Calvet Quartet
- Camerata String Quartet
- Capet Quartet
- Caprice Quartet[8]
- Carducci Quartet[9]
- Carmine Quartet
- Carpe Diem String Quartet
- Casal Quartet
- Cassatt Quartet
- Castalian Quartet
- Catterall Quartet
- Cavani Quartet
- Cavaleri String Quartet
- Cecilia String Quartet
- Celosia String Quartet
- Chailley Quartet
- Chester Quartet
- Chiara String Quartet
- Chilingirian Quartet
- Ciompi Quartet
- Claremont Quartet
- Claring Chamber Players
- Cleveland Quartet
- Clinton String Quartet
- Colorado Quartet
- The Composers Quartet
- Concord Quartet
- Conservatory String Quartet
- Coolidge Quartet
- Copenhagen Quartet
- Corigliano Quartet
- Corvinus Quartet
- Covington Quartet
- Coull Quartet
- Crystal Palace String Quartet[10]
- Cuarteto Casals
- Cuarteto Espanol
- Cuarteto Francés
- Cuarteto Latinoamericano
- Curtis String Quartet
- Cypress Quartet
- Czech Quartet
D
- Daedalus Quartet
- Danish Quartet
- Dannreuther Quartet
- Dante Quartet
- Danubius Quartet
- Dartington String Quartet
- Delme Quartet
- Del Sol Quartet
- Doric String Quartet[11]
- Dolce Vita String Quartet
- Dover Quartet
- Drolc Quartet
- Dubois String Quartet
- Duke Quartet
- Düsseldorf String Quartet
E
- Edinburgh Quartet[12]
- Element Quartet
- Elman Quartet
- Elysian Quartet[13]
- Emily Carr String Quartet[14]
- Emerson String Quartet[15]
- Endellion Quartet
- Endres Quartet[16]
- English String Quartet[17]
- Enso String Quartet[18]
- Escala
- Escher String Quartet
- Ethel
- Entheos String Quartet[19]
F
- Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
- Fern Hill Quartet
- Festetics String Quartet
- Fine Arts Quartet
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Flanders Recorder Quartet
- Fleshquartet
- Flonzaley Quartet
- Flux Quartet
- Formosa Quartet
- FourPlay String Quartet
- Four Strings Quartet
- Franciscan String Quartet
- Franz Schubert Quartet of Vienna
- Fry Street Quartet
G
- Gabrieli Quartet
- Galatea Quartet
- Galimir Quartet
- Gaya Quartet
- Géloso Quartet
- Glasunoff Quartet
- Goldner String Quartet
- Gosteleradio Quartet
- Gothenburg Quartet
- Grainger Quartet (Australia)
- Grete Eweler Quartet
- Griller Quartet
- Guarneri Quartet
- Gürzenich Quartet
H
- Haagsch Quartet
- Hagen Quartet
- Harlem Quartet
- Harrington String Quartet[20]
- Havemann Quartet
- Hawthorne String Quartet
- Hayot Quartet
- Heath Quartet[21]
- Henschel Quartet
- Henri Temianka (section The Paganini Quartet)
- Henry Holst String Quartet
- Heutling Quartet[22]
- Hollandsch Quartet
- Hollywood String Quartet
- Horace Fellowes Quartet
- Hugo Wolf Quartet[23]
- Hungarian Quartet
I
- Il Segreto String Quartet[24]
- Intermezzo Strings (Manila, Philippines)[25]
- International Quartet
- International String Quartet of Yucatan[26]
J
- JACK Quartet
- Jade String Quartet
- James Taylor Quartet
- Janáček Quartet
- Jasper String Quartet
- Jerusalem Quartet
- Joachim Quartet
- Juilliard String Quartet
- Julius Ruthström's Quartet
- Jupiter String Quartet[27]
K
- Kendall Quartet
- Keller String Quartet[28]
- Klingler Quartet
- Kneisel Quartet
- Kocian Quartet
- Kodály Quartet
- Koeckert Quartet
- Kolisch Quartet
- Komitas Quartet
- Kontra Quartet
- Kopelman Quartet
- Kortshak Quartet
- Krettly Quartet
- Kreutzberger Quartet[29]
- Kreutzer Quartet[30]
- Kroll Quartet
- Kronos Quartet
- Kuss String Quartet[31]
- Kuchl Quartet
- Kutcher String Quartet
L
- Laclede Quartet
- Lafayette String Quartet
- Larchmere String Quartet[32]
- Lark Quartet
- LaSalle Quartet
- Léner Quartet
- Leningrad Taneiev Quartet
- Letz Quartet
- Lindsay String Quartet
- Loewenguth Quartet
- London Banqueting Ensemble String Quartet[33]
- London Haydn Quartet[34]
- London Quartet
- Lydian String Quartet[35]
- Lux Aeterna String Quartet[36]
- Lux Aeterna String Quartet[37]
- Lyric Art Quartet
- Lyric Quartet -recordings of (Nyman, Glazunov, etc.)
M
- MacNaghten String Quartet
- Madras String Quartet[38]
- Maggini Quartet
- Mallette String Quartet[39]
- Mandelring Quartet
- Mandeville Quartet
- Manfred String Quartet
- Manila String Machine[40]
- Manor House Music String Quartet
- Marian Anderson String Quartet
- Marie Hall Quartet led by Marie Hall
- Martinů Quartet
- Matangi Quartet
- Mazerska Kvartett 'Uskapet'
- Meccore String Quartet[41]
- Mecklenburg Quartet (Saint Petersburg)[42]
- Medici Quartet
- Melbourne Youth Quartet
- Melos Quartet
- Mendelssohn Quartet
- The Merchant Quartet
- Miami String Quartet
- Miró Quartet
- Modigliani Quartet
- Moscow String Quartet[43]
- Moyzes Quartet
- Musica Viva Australia
N
- Netherlands Quartet
- Nevine String Quartet
- Nevsky String Quartet
- New Brunswick String Quartet
- New England String Quartet[44]
- New Hungarian Quartet
- New Italian Quartet
- New Orford String Quartet
- New World String Quartet
- New York String Quartet
- New Zealand String Quartet
O
- Oberlin String Quartet[45]
- Olive Mead Quartet
- Ondříček Quartet
- Orford Quartet
- Orion String Quartet
- Orlando Quartet
- Orpheus String Quartet
- Oslo String Quartet
P
- Pacifica Quartet
- Paganini Quartet
- Panocha Quartet
- Párkányi Quartet
- Parker Quartet
- Parisii String Quartet[46]
- Pascal Quartet
- Pavao Quartet[47]
- Pavel Haas Quartet
- Parrenin Quartet
- Penderecki String Quartet
- Perolé Quartet
- Petersen Quartet
- Philadelphia String Quartet
- Philharmonia Quartet
- Philharmonic Quartet
- Poltronieri Quartet
- Portland String Quartet
- Post Quartet
- Prague Quartet
- Prague String Quartet (Kvarteto města Prahy)
- Pražák Quartet
- Premiere String Quartet[48]
- Prima Vista Quartet
- Primrose Quartet
- Prisca Quartet
- Pro Arte Quartet
Q
- Quartet-X
- Quartet de Barcelona
- Quartetto Academica
- Quartetto Bernini[49]
- Quarteto Bessler-Reis
- Quarteto Radamés Gnattali
- Quartetto Bolognese
- Quartetto di Cremona[50]
- Quartetto di Roma
- Quartetto Guadagnini[51]
- Quartetto Energie Nove
- Quartetto Italiano
- Quartetto Napoletano
- Quartetto Polo; led by Enrico Polo
- Quartetto Prometeo
- Quartetto Romano
- Quartetto di Venezia
- Quatuor Arpeggione
- Quatuor Bozzini
- Quatuor Debussy
- Quatuor Girard
- Quatuor de Liège
- Quatuor Diotima
- Quatuor Marsick
- Quatuor Mosaïques
- Quiroga String Quartet
R
- RaVen Quartet
- Razumovsky String Quartet
- Riele Queling Quartet
- Rosamunde Quartett
- Rosé Quartet
- Roth Quartet
- Royal String Quartet[52]
- Rubio Quartet
S
- Sacconi Quartet
- Sage String Quartet[53]
- St. Charles String Quartet[54]
- St. Lawrence Quartet
- St. Petersburg String Quartet
- Salomon Quartet
- Schneider Quartet
- Schneiderhan Quartet
- Schörg Quartet
- Schuppanzigh Quartet
- Section Quartet
- Sedlacek String Quartet
- Ševčík-Lhotský Quartet
- Shanghai String Quartet
- Shaw Strings
- Shaw Quartets
- Shostakovich Quartet
- Signum String Quartet
- Silesian String Quartet
- Simon Bolivar Quartet
- Skampa Quartet
- SKAZ String Quartet[55]
- Skyros Quartet
- Smetana Quartet
- Smith Quartet
- Solaris Quartet[56]
- Spada Quartet
- Spencer Dyke Quartet
- Stamic Quartet
- Sterling Quartet -recordings of Rubbra etc.
- Stolyarsky String Quartet[57]
- Stradivari Quartet
- Stratton Quartet (original)
- String Poets Quartet[58]
- Strub Quartet
- Stuyvesant Quartet
- Suk Quartet
- Svon Kjellström Quartet
- Sweet Blends Music Ensemble[59]
T
- T'ang Quartet
- Takács Quartet
- Talich Quartet
- Taneyev Quartet
- Tátrai Quartet
- Tchaikovski Quartet
- Testore Quartet[60]
- Tippett Quartet[61]
- Tokyo String Quartet
- Toronto String Quartette
- Trabuco String Quartet
- Turtle Island String Quartet
- Tyburn String Quartet[62]
U
- Utrecht String Quartet[63]
V
- Vaghy String Quartet
- RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
- Végh Quartet
- Verdi-Quartett
- Velveteen Quartet
- Veneziale del Vittoriale Quartet
- Vermeer Quartet
- Vertavo String Quartet
- Vertigo String Quartet
- Vienna Philharmonic Quartet
- Villiers Quartet[64]
- Viotti Quartet
- Virr Quartet
- Virtuoso Quartet
- Vitamin String Quartet
- Vlach Quartet
- Voces String Quartet
- Vogler Quartet[65]
W
- Walden String Quartet
- Weller Quartet
- Wendling Quartet
- Wiener Konzerthausquartett
- Wihan Quartet[66]
- Wu Quartet
Y
- Yale Quartet
- Ysaÿe Quartet (1886)
- Ysaÿe Quartet (1984)
- Ying Quartet
Z
- Zagreb Quartet (1919–present)
- Zaïde Quartet
- Zemlinsky Quartet
- Zephyr Quartet
- Zimmer Quartet
- Zoellner Quartet
- Zorian Quartet
References
- ↑ Britten, Benjamin (Jul 7, 2011). Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten. Faber & Faber.
- ↑ Parker, Mara (2011). String Quartets: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge. p. 472.
- ↑ Arnold Steinhardt.Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. p.76. ISBN 0-374-52700-8
- ↑ Amphion String Quartet
- ↑ Aron quartett (on the Danish Wikipedia)
- ↑ Calder Quartet
- ↑ Calidore String Quartet
- ↑ Caprice Quartet
- ↑ Carducci Quartet
- ↑ Crystal Palace String Quartet
- ↑ Doric String Quartet
- ↑ Edinburgh Quartet
- ↑ Elysian Quartet
- ↑ Emily Carr String Quartet
- ↑ Huizenga, Tom. "The Emerson Quartet At (Le) Poisson Rouge". NPR.org. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ↑ Photo: Endres quartet on first of three acclaimed tours of Southern Africa
- ↑ English String Quartet at AllMusic
- ↑ Enso String Quartet
- ↑ Entheos String Quartet
- ↑ Harrington String Quartet
- ↑ Heath Quartet
- ↑ two tours of Southern Africa, 1971, 75
- ↑ Hugo Wolf Quartet
- ↑ Il Segreto String Quartet
- ↑ Intermezzo Strings (Manila, Philippines
- ↑ International String Quartet of Yucatan Archived July 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Jupiter String Quartet
- ↑ Keller String Quartet
- ↑ K-Q touring Southern Africa 1975
- ↑ Kreutzer Quartet at AllMusic
- ↑ Kuss String Quartet
- ↑ Larchmere String Quartet
- ↑ London Banqueting Ensemble String Quartet
- ↑ "The London Haydn Quartet". Yale University. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ Lydian String Quartet
- ↑ Lux Aeterna String Quartet
- ↑ Lux Aeterna String Quartet
- ↑ Madras String Quartet
- ↑ Mallette String Quartet
- ↑ Manila String Machine
- ↑ Meccore String Quartet
- ↑ Квартет герцога Мекленбургского (Russian Wikipedia)
- ↑ Schweitzer, Vivien (4 October 2011). "Borodin Glows in an Intimate Salon". The New York Times.
- ↑ New England String Quartet
- ↑ Oberlin String Quartet
- ↑ Parisii String Quartet
- ↑ Pavao Quartet
- ↑ Premiere String Quartet
- ↑ Quartetto Bernini
- ↑ Quartetto di Cremona
- ↑ Quartetto Guadagnini
- ↑ Royal String Quartet
- ↑ Sage String Quartet
- ↑ St. Charles String Quartet
- ↑ SKAZ String Quartet
- ↑ Solaris Quartet
- ↑ Stolyarsky String Quartet
- ↑ String Poets Quartet
- ↑ Sweet Blends Music Ensemble
- ↑ Testore Quartet
- ↑ Tippett Quartet at AllMusic
- ↑ Tyburn String Quartet
- ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (22 January 2013). "A Champion of Dutch Composers Comes Ashore Without Much Flash". New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Villiers Quartet Lunchtime Concert". University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ Battey, Robert (21 March 2011). "The Vogler Quartet, an exhilarating musical experience". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Wihan Quartet
- A. Eaglefield-Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924) (pre-1924 entries)
- R.D. Darrell, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (New York 1936)
- J.R. Bennett, Smetana on 3000 Records (Oakwood Press, 1974)
- E. Sackville-West and D. Shawe-Taylor, The Record Year 2 (Collins, London 1953)
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