Florentine string quartet
The Florentine String Quartet was one of Jean Becker in 1865 during a concert tour in Florence based string quartet with Friedrich Hilpert (cello), Enrico Masi (second violin) and Luigi Chiostri (viola). It existed until 1880.
history
During a stay in Florence, the violinist Jean Becker was commissioned to conduct ten subscription concerts of the Association for the Elevation and Promotion of Italian Chamber Music under the patronage of the wealthy Florentine professor Abramo Basevi (1818–1885). After thorough interplay studies, the "Florentine Quartet Jean Becker" began to travel to Switzerland and Strasbourg in 1866, then to Frankfurt, Cologne, Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden and Baden-Baden in 1867. Before the quartet arrived in Vienna in 1868, the Joachimsche and Hellmesberger quartet had already covered the field of chamber music. After word of the quality of the musicians got around, ten more concerts were given with great success. In 1874 Friedrich Hilpert left the quartet to work in Vienna. Louis Hegyesi took his place.
meaning
Jean Becker's playful and interpretive achievements were in the field of chamber music, especially with the works of his peer Johannes Brahms . He made the concert-like quartet playing popular and made decisive suggestions for the maintenance of chamber music by amateurs.
Members
- Violin : Jean Becker
- Violin : Enrico Masi
- Viola : Luigi Chiostri
- Cello : Friedrich Hilpert (1865–1874), Louis Hegyesi (1875–1880)
Web links
- Jean Becker (entry in "Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon" from 1905)