Imre Waldbauer
Imre Waldbauer (born March 3, 1892 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † December 5, 1952 in Iowa City ) was a Hungarian violinist and music teacher.
Waldbauer was a student of Jenő Hubay . He lived in Hungary until 1945, worked as a violin and viola teacher at the Budapest Music Academy and founded the Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet ( Hungarian String Quartet ) with the cellist Jenő Kerpely in 1910 , which was active until 1945. As a friend of Béla Bartók , Zoltán Kodály and Ernst von Dohnányi , he played premieres of many of their violin works and was an important interpreter of their chamber music with his quartet. In 1945 he moved to the USA, where he taught at the University of Iowa until his death . His students included u. a. Paul Rolland ,Kató Havas , Vilmos Tátrai , Robert Gerle and Dénes Zsigmondy .
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- Julia Quick: The Pedagogy of Imre Waldbauer, First Violinist of the Hungarian String Quartet , Abstract
- Violinists' History Map
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| SURNAME | Waldbauer, Imre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian violinist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1952 |
| Place of death | Iowa City |