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the ABC String Quartet,

Ernest Llewellyn [1949-1955], violin





the Adamowski String Quartet,

Timpthee Adamowski, (1857-1943) violin





the Aeolian Quartet, (c.1956-1981)

Emanuel Hurwitz [1970-1981], Sydney Humphreys, violin
Raymond Keenlyside, violin
Margaret Major, Watson Forbes, viola
Derek Simpson, cello


the Alabama String Quartet, (c.1959)







the Alard String Quartet, (1967-1990)

Joanne Zagst, violin
Donald Hopkins, violin
Raymond Page, viola
Leonard Feldman, Jorge Sicre, cello


the Aleph Quartet, (c. 1945)







the Allegri String Quartet, (1952-)

Peter Carter, violin
David Roth, violin
Jonathan Barritt, viola
Pál Banda, cello


the Amadeus String Quartet, (1948-1987)

Norbert Brainin, violin
Siegmund Nissel, violin
Peter Schidlof, viola
Martin Lovett (b.1927), cello


the Amar-Hindemith Quartet, (1922-1929)

Licco Amar, violin
Walter Kaspar, violin
Paul Hindemith, viola
Rudolf Hindemith, Maurits Frank, cello


the Amati String Quartet, (c.1987-)

Thomas Wicky, violin
Barbara Suter, violin
Nicolas Corti, viola
Johannes Degen, cello


the American Art String Quartet,







the Amici String Quartet, (c.1961-1967)

Stephanie Sant' Ambrogio, Evelina Chao, violin
Keith Greene, viola
Lynne Ramsey, viola



the Angermayer Quartet, (c.1932)







the Ariel Quartet, (c.1977)







the Arriaga Quartet, (c.1964)







the Azerbaijan State Conservatory Quartet,



Cavid Caferov [1989-1990], viola



the Bartlett-Finkel Quartet, (c.1930)







the Beaux Arts Quartet, (c.1965-c.1970)

Stephen Clapp, violin





the Beethoven Quartet, (c.1960-1994)

Dimitri Tsyganov, violin


Sergei Shirinsky, cello


the Berkshire Quartet, (c.1953-c.1962)

Paul Biss, violin
Michael Kuttner (d.1975), violin




the Berlin String Quartet,

Emanuel Fiedler
Arthur Fiedler




the String Quartet for the "Big Blue Sun",

Alison Lee Jewer, violin
Jean Dickinson, violin
Lizbeth Getman, viola
Martha Pickart, cello


the Blech String Quartet, (c.1944-1948)

Harry Blech, violin
Lionel Bentley, violin
Keith Cummings, viola
Douglas Cameron. cello


the Bochmann Quartet,

Michael Bochmann, violin
David Angel, violin
viola
Michal Kaznowski, cello


the Bohemian Quartet,

Josef Suk





the Bombay String Quartet,

Mehli Mehta [1940], violin





the Bratza String Quartet, (c.1956)







the Brodsky Quartet, (c.1919)

Adolph Brodsky (b.1851-1929), Albert Sammons, violin
Ottokar Novacek, W H Reed, Michael Thomas, violin
Ottokar Novacek, Simon Speelman, Raymond Jeremy, viola
Carl Fuchs, Felix Salmond, cello


the Brosa String Quartet, (c.1931,1935)

Antonio Brosa, violin
Ethel Bridge, violin
Frank Bridge, viola
Bernard Richards, cello


the Brussels String Quartet, (c. 1903)







the Budapest String Quartet, (1917-1967)

Emil Hauser [1917-1936], Josef Roismann [c.1936-1975], violin
Jac Gorodetzky [c.1954], Alexander Schneider [b.1908-1993], violin
Boris Kroyt [c.1954-1975], viola
Mischa Schneider [c.1954-1975], cello


the Bulgarian String Quartet, (?-)







the Büsch String Quartet, (1918-?)

Adolf Busch, violin
Karl Doktor, Ernest Drucker, violin
Gõsta Andreasson, Lotte Hammerschlag, Hugo Gottesmann, viola
Paul Grümmer, ceool


the Cadek String Quartet, (1950-1983)

Ottokar Cadek
Myron Kartman, violin




the California Quartet,




George Barati, cello


the Calvet Quartet,







the Canberra String Quartet,

Ernest Llewellyn [1949-1955], violin





the Capet Quartet,

Henri Casadesus [1910-1917](b.1879-1947)


Alphonse Hasselmans [1893 to 1909], cello


the Carl Pini Quartet, (c.1972-)

Carl Pini, violin





the Chaminade String Quartet,







the Cherubini Quartet, (1978-1997)

Christoph Poppen [1985-1997], violin
Harald Schoneweg, violin
Hariolf Schlichtig, viola
Christoph Richter, cello


the Chicago Symphony String Quartet,

Samuel Magad, Violin
Edgar Muenzer, Violin
Charles Pikler, Viola
John Shart, Cello


the Chicago Symphony String Quartet,

Victor Aitay, violin
Edward Muenzer, violin
Milton Preves, viola
Frank Miller, cello


the Claremont String Quartet, (c.1954-c.1963)







the Classical String Quartet of Montreal,

Robert Verebes, violin





the Cleveland Quartet, (1969-1997)

Donald Weilerstein, William Preucil [1989-1995], violin

Atar Arad, Peter Salaff, James Dunham, viola
Paul Katz [1969-1995], cello


the Columbia String Quartet,







the Coriolan Quartet, (c1975)

Irving Katz, violin
Lawrence Sonderling, violin
Abraham Weiss, viola
Victor Sazer, cello


the Curtis String Quartet,

Jascha Brodsky, violin
Enrique Serratos, violin
Max Aronoff (b.1906-1981), viola
Orlando Cole, cello


the Curtis String Quartet,

Efrem Zimbalist, violin
Yumi Ninomiya Scott

Orlando Cole, cello


le Quatuor Danois,







the Dartington String Quartet, (c.1965,1967)




Michael Evans, cello


the Delos String Quartet, (c.1984)

Daniel Rouslin, violin
Jan Baty, violin




the Eastman String Quartet,



Jerzy Kosmala, viola



the Empire Quartet,



John H. Kolpitcke, viola
Irvin Kauffman, cello


the Feldman Quartet,

Israel E. Feldman





the Flonzaley Quartet, (1903-1929)

Adolfo Betti [1903-1929](b.1875-1950), violin
Alfred Pochon (b.1878), violin
Louis Bailly, Nicolas Moldavan, viola
Iwan d'Archambeau (b.1879), cello


the Galimir String Quartet, (1929-?)


Sonya Monosoff, violin




Gaudeamus Kwartet, (c. 1974)







the Gebruder Herrmann Quartet, (c.1820)

Jakob Zeugheer (d.1865), violin





the Gijsbrecht van Aemstel Quartet, (c.1990)




Eduard van Regteren Altena, cello


il Giovanne Quartetto Italiano,







das Glasunoff Quartett,







the Gordon String Quartet,

Jacques Gordon (d.1948), violin
Michael Kuttner (d.1975), David Sackson, violin
William Lincer, viola
Naoum Benditzky, cello


the Griller String Quartet, (c.1948)







the Guilet String Quartet,




David Soyer, cello


the Hadar Quartet, (c.1960)







the Haffner Quartet,

Tom Giles, viola





the Haydn Quartet, (c.1972-1982)




Alan Shulman, cello


the Hoffman String Quartet, (c.1903)







the Hollywood String Quartet,

Felix Slatkin, violin
Paul Shure, violin
Paul Robyn, Alvin Dinkin, viola
Eleanor Aller, cello


Quatour Honegger,







the Hösl Quartet,







das Stringquartette Hubay-Popper,

Jenó Hubay de Szalatna, violin


David Popper, cello


the Hungarian String Quartet, (c.1949,1964)

Michael Kuttner (d.1975), violin





Il Quattro,




Irvin Kauffman, cello


the Iowa String Quartet,







the Israel String Quartet,

Lorand Fenyves [1938-1957], Ilan Gronich





the Janácek Quartet, (c.1963-1964)

Jiri Travnicek, violin
Adolf Sykora, violin
Jiri Kratachvil, viola
Karel Krafka, violoncello


the Joachim Quartet, (c.1891)

Joseph Joachim (b.1831-1907), violin
Emanuel Wirth (b.1842), violin

Robert Hausmann [1879-1907], cello


the Jubal String Quartet, (c.1979)







the Juilliard String Quartet,

Robert Mann [1946-1997], violin
Earl Carlyss [1966-1986]




the J. Vuillaume Quartet,







the Kaufman String Quartet, (c.1972)







the Kilbourn Quartet,



Francis Tursi, viola



the Klingsor Quartet,







the Kneisel Quartet, (c.1890)

Franz Kneisel (b.1865-1926)
Louis Svecenski [1885-1917](b.1862)
Theodorowicz, Willem Willeke (b.1879)
Alwin Schroder (b.1855), cello


the Kniestädt Quartet,







den Københavns Strygekvartet,

Tutter Givskov, violin
Mogens Lydolph, violin
Mogens Bruun, viola
Asger Lund Christiansen, cello


the Kohon Quartet, (c.1962)




Irvin Kauffman, cello


the Kolisch Quartet,

Felix Khuner [1926-1937](1906-1991), violin
Rothschild, violin
Marcel Dick, Eugene Lehner, viola
Joachim Stutschewsky, Benar Heifetz, cello


the Krettly Quartet,







the Kreiner String Quartet, (c.1935-1938)




Alan Shulman, cello


the Kroll String Quartet, (c.1945)

William Kroll, violin

David Mankovitz, viola



the Kuttner Quartet, (1997-1998)

Leor Maltinski, violin
Aaron Lockwood, violin
Ethan Filner, viola
Joanna Felder, cello


the Kuttner Quartet, (1998-1999)

Roland Glassl, violin
Mari Suzuki, violin
Jethro Marks, viola
Aaron Zelkowicz, cello


the Landolfi Quartets,

James Richards, violin
Davis Brooks, violin




the Lark String Quartet, (c.1976)

Barbara Nord, violin
Janet Lakatos, violin
Roland Kato, viola
Daniel Smith, cello


the LaSalle Quartet, (1953-1989)

Walter Levin [1946-], violin
Henry Meyer, violin

Lee Fiser, cello


das Leipzig Gewanhaus Quartett,

Ottokar Novacek (b.1886), violin





the Léner String Quartet,


Michael Kuttner (d.1975), violin




the Leningrad State Philharmonic String Quartet,



Leonid Gesin, viola



the Lenox Quartet,

Paul Kantor, violin

Patricia McCarty [1977-1979], viola



the Lexington String Quartet, (c.1967,1969)







the London String Quartet, (c.1930-1959)

Warner

William Primrose, viola



the London String Quartet, (c.1948)







the Quartet of London, (1908-1934)

Carmel Kaine, violin
John Trusler, violin
Simon Rowland-Jones, viola
Peter Willison, cello


the Lyric Arts String Quartet, (c. 1969)

Irving Katz, violin
Helen Tannenbaum, violin
Abraham Weiss, viola
Alexander Reisman, cello


the Marie Wilson String Quartet, (c.1930-1936)







the Martin String Quartet,

Sir Neville Marriner [1949-?]





the McCapra Quartet,

Fiona Mccapra


Ben Chappell


the Melbourne University String Quartet,

Ernest Llewellyn [1940-1942], violin





the Mistry String Quartet,

Jagdish Mistry, violin
Charles Stewart, violin
Caroline Henbest, viola



the Montecito String Quartet, (c.1978-80)

Ronald Copes [1978-80], violin





the Moravian Quartet, (c.1938)







the Netherlands String Quartet, (c.1955)

Nap de Klijn, violin
Jaap Schröder, violin
Paul Godwin, viola
Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp, cello


the New Brunswick String Quartet, (c.1982,1984)







the New England String Quartet,

Ellen Jewett, David Saffir violin

Romano Crivici



the New Music Quartet, (1947-1955)

Broadus Erle, violin
Matthew Raimondi, violin
Walter Trampler, viola
Claus Adams, David Soyer, cello


the New World String Quartet,



Benjamin Simon, Curtis Macomber [1982-1993], violin
Jeffrey Irvine [1992-1993], viola


the New York Art Quartet, (c.1933)







the New York String Quartet, (c.1972,1976)

Paul Kantor, violin





the New Zurich Quartet,



Christoph Schiller [1973-1988], viola



the Noack Quartet, (c.1934)







the Orford Quartet, (1965-1991)

Andrew Dawes [1965-1991], violin
Ken Perkins, violin [1965-1991]
Terry Helmer, viola
Marcel St. Cyr, Desmond Hoebig, cello


the Paganini String Quartet, (c.1961)

Bruno Pignata, violin
Lorenzo Lugli, viola
Pino Briasco, guitar
Paola Mosca, cello


the Pascal String Quartet,







the Philharmonic String Quartet,

Sir Eugene Goossens (1893-1962), violin





il Quartetto Poltronieri,

Alberto Poltronieri, violin
Giannino Carpi, violin
Giuseppe Alessandri, viola
Antonio Valisi cello


the Primrose String Quartet, (c.1940-1941)

Oscar Shumsky, violin
Josef Gingold, violin
William Primrose (b.1903-1982), viola
Harvey Shapiro, cello


the Pro Arte Quartet, (c.1928-c.1950)

Rudolf Kolisch, violin
Albert Rahier, violin
Bernard Milofsky, viola
Ernst Friedlander, cello


the Pro Ideale Quartet,

Michael Kuttner (d.1975), violin


George Barati, cello


the Quartet Concerts in Vienna,

Joseph Bohm, violin





the Queensland State String Quartet,

Ernest Llewellyn [1944-1948], violin
Harold Taberner
David Powell
Don Howley


the Ramor Quartet,







the Raphael String Quartet, (c.1989-)

Ronald Hoogeveen, violin
Rami Koch, violin
Zoltán Benyács, viola
Henk Lambooy, cello


the Reher Quartet, (c.1932)







il Quartetto di Roma, (c.1939)



Giuseppe Alessandri, viola
Luigi Silva, cello


the Rosé Quartet, (1883-1927+)

Arnold Rosé, violin





the Roth String Quartet, (c.1945-1669)

Feri Roth, violin
Jenö Antal [1926-], David Margetts, violin
Laurent Halleux, Elizabeth Turnbull, viola
Benar Heifetz, Cesare Pascarella, cello


the Rowe String Quartet, (c.1980-c.1981)

Patricio Cobos [1973-?], Arlene Di Cecco, violin

Richard Field, viola
Luca Di Cecco, cello


Albert Sammons, violin,

W H Reed, violin
Raymond Jeremy, viola
Felix Salmond, cello
First performance of Elgar String Quartet, 21 May 1919, Wigmore Hall, London


il Quartetto Santa Cecilia, (c.1998-)

Marco Serino, violin

Gabriele Croci, viola
Valeriano Taddeo, cello


the Schneiderhan Quartet, (c.1950)

Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin
Otto Strasser, violin
Ernst Moravec, Rudolf Streng, viola
Richard Krotschak, cello


the Schroder Quartet,







the Schuppanzigh Quartet,

Ignaz Schuppanzigh (b.1776-1830), Jakob Zeugheer (d.1865), violin
Karl Holz, Joseph Mayseder (b.1789), violin




the [Scipione] Quartet,

Scipione Guidi, violin
Miss Gifford, violin
Robert Lane, viola
Willem van den Burg, 'cello


the Severance String Quartet,







the Shiras String Quartet,



John H. Kolpitcke, viola



the Sinnhoffer Quartet,







the Spiering Quartet,

Theodore Spiering (b.1871)





the Stanley String Quartet, (c.1953, 1970)

Gilbert Ross, violin





the St. Louis String Quartet,

Irwin Eisenberg, violin





the Stratton String Quartet, (c.1930-1936)







the Stross Quartet,




Rudolf Metzmacher, cello


the Stuyvesant String Quartet, (c.1936-1954)




Alan Shulman, cello


the Sydney Musica Viva String Quartet,

Robert Pikler, violin
Richard Goldner, violin
Edward Cockman, viola
Theo Salzman, cello


the Tashkent State Philharmonic String Quartet,

Yevgeniy Mansurov[1989], violin





the Triest Quartet,







das Tschechisches Streichquartett,

Josef Suk
Karel Hoffmann
Jiri Hearold
Ladislav Zealenka


the University of Manitoba String Quartet,







the University of South Florida Honors String Quartet,


Derek Menchan [1984-1985], violin




the Uptown String Quartet,

Diane Monroe, violin
Lesa Terry, violin
Maxine Roach, viola
Eileen Folson, cello


the Uzbekistan State String Quartet,

Muhammedjan Turdiyev [1981-1988], violin





the Uzbek State String Quartet,



Ulugbek Rhsiyev [1987-1992], viola



the Vanadium String Quartet,




David Eby, cello


the Végh Quartet, (c.1959-c.1974)

Sandor Végh, violin

Georges Janzer, viola
Eva Czako Janzer, cello


the Vlach Quartet,

Josef Vlach, violin


Viktor Moucka, cello


the Walden Quartet,

Eugene Weigel, violin


William Malone, cello


the Weller Quartet, (c.1965)

Walter Weller





the Westminster Quartet,




George Barati (b.1913-1996), cello


the Wilberforce String Quartet,

William Grant Still, violin
circa 1911, Wilberforce University




das Wiener Konzerthausquartett,

Adolf Busch





das Wiener Konzerthausquartett, (c.1954)

Anton Kamper, violin
Karl Maria Titze, violin
Erich Weiss, viola
Franz Kvarda, cello


the William Primrose Quartet,

Christopher Kimber, violin





the Yale String Quartet,

Broadus Erle, violin
Howard Boatwright, violin




the Zernick Quartet,







the Zoellner Quartet, (c.1917-1929)







the Zorian String Quartet, (c.1943-1946)






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