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Melos Quartet
Melos Quartet
string quartet
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Willi Boskovsky
Willi Boskovsky
Austrian musician
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Sándor Végh
Sándor Végh
(1912-1997) Hungarian born Austrian violinist, conductor, music pedagogue
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Budapest String Quartet
Budapest String Quartet
string quartet
4
Lillian Fuchs
Lillian Fuchs
American musician
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Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály
Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue
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Emerson String Quartet
Emerson String Quartet
string quartet
7
Josef Suk
Josef Suk
Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor (1929-2011)
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Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer and pianist
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Lindsay String Quartet
Lindsay String Quartet
British string quartet active from 1965 to 2005
10
Carl von Garaguly
Carl von Garaguly
Hungarian musician
11
André Gertler
André Gertler
Hungarian musician
12
Mischa Elman
Mischa Elman
Ukrainian American violinist
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Kim Kashkashian
Kim Kashkashian
American violist
14
Rudolf Firkušný
Rudolf Firkušný
Czech pianist
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Quatuor Mosaïques
Quatuor Mosaïques
Austrian string quartet
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Ferenc Fricsay
Ferenc Fricsay
Hungarian musician
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Louis Kentner
Louis Kentner
Hungarian musician
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Peter Racine Fricker
Peter Racine Fricker
English composer
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Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern
American musician
Végh Quartet
string quartet

Végh Quartet

Intro
string quartet
Music
Members, past and present

The Végh Quartet was a Hungarian string quartet founded in 1940 and led by its first violinist Sándor Végh for 40 years. The quartet was based in Budapest until it departed Hungary in 1946. It is particularly known for its recordings of the Beethoven (recorded twice – 1952 mono and 1972-4 stereo) and Bartók cycles. The quartet disbanded in 1980.