The Ludwig Schuster Quartet was a string quartet from Halle (Saale) active in the 1950s and 1960s. It was named after first violin Ludwig Schuster (

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at the

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Members

Members of the ensemble were Ludwig Schuster (1st violin), Adam Busch and

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(2nd violin), Walter Ziegler (viola) and Otto Kleist (cello).Hansjürgen Schaefer: ''Berliner Festtage 1957. Musik von Ottmar Gerster''. ''Berliner Zeitung'', 11 October 1957, Jg. 13,

History

According to Konstanze Musketa "it played a pioneering role in the field of Neue Musik". Thus it premiered several pieces, among others the String Quartet No. 8 "Die Nachgeburt" by Max Butting (1958), the String Quartet No. 1 by Gerhard Wohlgemuth (1960), the 2nd string quartet "Mors et Vita" by

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(1960), the String Quartet No. 2 by Leo Spies (1964) and the String Quartet in E major by

Hans Stieber Hans Albert Oskar Stieber (1 March 1886 – 18 October 1969) was a German conductor, composer and violinist. He was the founding director of the Hochschule für Theater und Musik in Halle an der Saale. Life Origin and family Stieber was born ...

(1965). In Halle (Saale) it performed regularly as part of the Händel Festival. and the Musiktage In 1956 it played at the 2nd All-German Music Festival in Coburg, Franconia, organized by the and by the

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. In 1957 it gave a guest performance at the Berliner Festtage.

Awards

In 1963 the string quartet was awarded the

Handel Prize The Handel Prize (german: Händel-Preis) is an annual award, instituted in 1956, which is presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. It is awarded, "for exceptional artisti ...

.Christoph Rink: ''Chronologie des Händelpreises''. In ''Mitteilungen des Freundes- und Förderkreises des Händel-Hauses zu Halle e.V.'' 1/2012, , here .

Discography

* Leo Spies: ''String quartet no. 2'' (

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1966) * Max Butting: ''String quartet no. 8'' (Eterna 1968)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:LudwigSchusterQuartet German string quartets