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Rosé Quartet

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Founding members of Rosé Quartet in 1882: Arnold Rosé (top), Julius Egghard Jr. (left), Anton Loh (right), Eduard Rosé (bottom)
The Rosé Quartet in the 1920s: Paul Fischer, Arnold Rosé, Anton Rusitzka, Anton Walter. Arnold Rosé is second from left.

The Rosé Quartet was a string quartet formed by Arnold Rosé in 1882.

It was active for 55 years, until 1938.

Members

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Its members changed over time.

Rosé was first violin throughout. Julius Egghard Jr. 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 the cello, but left after one season to get married and was replaced by Reinhold 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

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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

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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 the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Franz Jelinek, viola, and Franz Schmidt, violoncello. Among the quartet's performing collaborators were Julius Röntgen, Johannes Brahms, Franz Steiner, Bruno Walter, and Richard Mühlfeld. The quartet also made recordings.

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  • Baroness Lemburg in The White Liars by Peter Shaffer claims that her father played with "The Rosé String Quartet" and knew them intimately.

References

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  • "Arnold Rose". The Musical Times. 87 (1243): 286. September 1946. ISSN 0027-4666. JSTOR 936048.
  • String Quartets
  • Newman, Richard; Kirtley, Karen (2000) [2000]. "Chapter 1 Notes". In Reinhard G. Pauly (ed.). Alma Rose: Vienna to Auschwitz. Portland: Amadeus Press. p. 329. ISBN 1-57467-051-4.
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