The Corvinus String Quartet is a renowned Budapest based string quartet. It was founded in '03 when its members who have belonged to Liszt Music Academy were in Danubia youth symphony o'che'. Though they have ability to show great results in int'l com's as soloists, they believe it's chamber music that they can show fascination of playing of each well & are active as a string quartet. Having studied under Hargitai & Perenyi, they succeeded in many con's in Budapest & others in Magyarorszag. In '05, they were invited to Young Prague held in Cesko etc. Its playing is dynamic & full of young spirit. Nickname: Paris of the East, Pearl of the Danubeor Queen of the Danube Location of Budapest in Hungary Country Hungary County Pest Mayor Gábor Demszky (SZDSZ) Area - City 525,16 km² - Land n/a km² - Water n/a km² Population - City (2006) 1,695,000 - Density 3570/km... The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ...
This does not cite its references or sources. ... The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is a string instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass. ... The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ...
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group.
The standard string quartet is widely seen as one of the most important forms in chamber music, with most major composers, from the late 18th century onwards, writing string quartets.
A slackening (but only slight) in the pace of quartet composition occurred in the 19th century; here, a curious phenomenon was seen in the composers who wrote only one quartet, perhaps to show that they could fully command this hallowed genre.
Although any combination of four string instruments can literally be called a "string quartet", in practice the term refers to a group consisting of two violins (the "first" and "second" violin), one viola and one cello.
Quartet composition flourished in the Classical era, with both Mozart and Beethoven writing famous series of quartets to set alongside Haydn's.
A slackening (but only slight) in the pace of quartet composition occurred in the 19th century; here, a curious phenenomenon was seen in the composers who wrote only one quartet, perhaps to show that they could fully command this hallowed genre.
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