Founded by violinist Imre Waldbauer (1892—1952) and cellist Jeno Kerpely (1885-1954) in 1910.
The picture shows the quartet standing with Kodaly and Bartok sitting.
Liszt Academy article: During its thirty-six years of existence, the quartet became world-famous for their interpretations not only of the classic string quartet and string chamber music literature, but also of contemporary compositions. The start of their career was linked to the two separate composer's (Kodaly and Bartok) evenings held for the two men, where, among other things, Kerpely and Bartók played Kodály's Sonata for cello and piano, and Bartók's Piano quintet, and both composers' First String Quartet were performed. The value of their popularising work in the first decades of the century is almost beyond estimation: besides the works of Bartók, Dohnányi and Kodály, the string and piano chamber compositions of Debussy, Ravel, Schönberg, Milhaud and Reger were also largely introduced to the Hungarian audience by the quartet.
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