The Hollywood String Quartet was formed in 1939 by violinist and conductor Felix Slatkin and his wife, cellist Eleanor Aller. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Felix Slatkin (December 22, 1915 to February 8, 1963) was an American violinist and conductor. ...
The original formation of the quartet was rounded out by Joachim Chassman and Paul Robyn. They broke up in 1941 due to Slatkin's entry into the army. The quartet was restarted following World War Two in 1945 with Slatkin, Aller, Paul C. Shure (violin) and Paul Robyn (viola). In 1954, Robyn left to persue family interests and was replaced with Alvin Dinkin. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
By 1956, the group was so well-known, not only among serious music devotees but in popular music circles as well -- even in Hollywood, where the serious musicians in the midst of the movie-making community were often neglected -- that they were asked to participate in the recording of Frank Sinatra's album Close to You. As members of various Hollywood orchestras, the members had all worked with Sinatra before, but Close to You (Capitol) was a unique project, a scaled-down approach to popular music conceived by Sinatra and his conductor/arranger Nelson Riddle, which remains among his most enduringly popular albums, and among the highlights of the quartet's history. Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is one of the most highly acclaimed male popular song vocalists of all time. ...
The quartet disbanded in 1961, two years before Slatkin's death in 1963. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
A stringquartet 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 stringquartet is widely seen as one of the most important forms in chamber music, with most major composers, from the late 18th century onwards, writing stringquartets.
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847): A stringquartet in E-flat (1834)
A stringquartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments or a piece written to be performed by such a group.
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.
Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001): wrote four works for stringquartet: "st/4 — 1,080262" (1955–1962) which was written with the help of an IBM 7090 computer using stochastic algorithms, Tetras (1983), a work in nine sections, Tetora (1990), which means "four" in Dorian, Ergma (1994).
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