Carl or Karl Heissler (18 January 1823 – 13 November 1878) was an

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ist and

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Biography

He studied with

Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. Josef Hellmesberger Sr. (3 November 182824 October 1893) was an Austrian violinist, conductor, and composer. Born in Vienna, he was the son of musician and pedagogue, Georg Hellmesberger Sr. (1800–1873), and was taught violin by his father ...

Matthias Durst Matthias Durst (18 August 1815 – 2 May 1875) was an Austrian violinist, violist and composer. Biography Born in Vienna, he studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Georg Hellmesberger, Sr. and Joseph Böhm. He was a member of the Vienna Burgthea ...

and Joseph Böhm at the Academy of the Vienna Music Friends Society. In 1841 he entered the orchestra of the

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and from 1843, he was also member of the Orchestra of the Imperial Court. From 1849, he played as second violin in the quartet Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. took over from

Leopold Jansa Leopold Jansa (23 March 1795, Wildenschwert ( cs, Ústí nad Orlicí), far north-east Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 25 January 1875, Vienna) was a Bohemian violinist, composer, and teacher. He was born in Wildenschwert, Austria-Hungary (present d ...

, which he named

Hellmesberger Quartet The Hellmesberger Quartet was a string quartet formed in Vienna in 1849. It was founded by Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. and was the first permanent named String Quartet. Composition Violinist Leopold Jansa had started a string quartet in 1845. Hellme ...

Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. Joseph Heinrich Georg Hellmesberger Jr. (9 April 1855 – 26 April 1907), also known as Pepi Hellmesberger, was an Austrian composer, violinist and Conducting, conductor. Biography Hellmesberger was born in Vienna and was the son of violinis ...

, the son of Heissler's professor, replaced Carl Heissler as second violin in 1870. Heissler taught at the

Vienna Conservatoire The Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna ( (MUK)) in Vienna, Austria, is a university of music and the arts. It was previously (2005−2015) named (KONSuni, Konservatorium Wien University), and before that (Conservatory of Vienna). ...

, where his students included

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, Arnold Rosé,

Hans Wessely Hans Wessely (23 December 1862 – 29 September 1926) was an Austrian violinist. Biography He was born in Vienna in 1862 and died in Innsbruck in 1926. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Karl Heissler and Josef Hellmesberger, Sr. ...

and

Franz Schalk Franz Schalk (27 May 18633 September 1931) was an Austrian conductor. From 1918 to 1929 he was director of the Vienna State Opera, a post he held jointly with Richard Strauss from 1919 to 1924. He was later involved in the establishment of the ...

. He was the first Director of the orchestral association of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (1869) in Vienna. His successor was Anton Rubinstein (1871), followed by Johannes Brahms (1872).

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