Ludwig Schuster Quartet

The Ludwig Schuster Quartet was a string quartet from Halle (Saale) that was active in the 1950s and 1960s . Name giver was the Primarius Ludwig Schuster (concert master at the Landestheater Halle ).

Members

Members of the ensemble were Ludwig Schuster (1st violin), Adam Busch and Georg Hanstedt (2nd violin), Walter Ziegler (viola) and Otto Kleist (violoncello).

history

According to Konstanze Musketa "[it] played a pioneering role in the field of new music ". Several works were premiered a . a. the string quartet No. 8 "Die Nachgeburt" by Max Butting (1958), the string quartet No. 1 by Gerhard Wohlgemuth (1960), the 2nd string quartet "Vita et mors" by Jón Leifs (1960), the string quartet No. 2 by Leo Spies (1964) and the string quartet in E major by Hans Stieber (1965).

In Halle (Saale) it performed regularly as part of the Handel Festival and the Music Days . In 1956 it played at the 2nd All-German Music Festival in Coburg, Franconia, organized by the Association of German Composers and Musicologists of the GDR and by the Association of Regional Associations of German Sound Artists and Music Teachers of the FRG. In 1957 it made a guest appearance at the Berlin Festival .

Award

In 1963 the string quartet was awarded the Handel Prize of the Halle district .

Discography

Leo Spies : String Quartet No. 2 ( Eterna 1966)
Max Butting : String Quartet No. 8 (Eterna 1968)

Web links

Ludwig Schuster Quartet at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Hansjürgen Schaefer: Berliner Festtage 1957. Music by Ottmar Gerster . Berliner Zeitung , October 11, 1957, vol. 13, issue 238, p. 3.
^ Konstanze Musketa : Music history of the city of Halle. Guide to the exhibition in the Handel House . Handel House, Halle an der Saale 1998, ISBN 3-910019-13-7 , p. 86.
↑ Hansjürgen Schaefer : Art of light and joy. For the seventh time: Handel Festival in Halle . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 14, 1958, vol. 14, issue 135, p. 3.
↑ Horst Seeger : Music for a friendly future. The 1960 Handel Festival in Halle . In: Neues Deutschland , May 22, 1960, vol. 15, edition 141, p. 6.
^ Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2019, ISBN 978-0-253-04407-5 , oS (e-book).
^ Academy concert . In: Neues Deutschland , June 9, 1964, vol. 19, edition 157, p. 4.
↑ Klaus Schneider: Hans Stieber. Biographical data, catalog raisonné, bibliography . In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , NF 26 (1972) 3/4, pp. 199–215, here: p. 206.
↑ Karin Zauft: Handel and the Handel Festival in Halle. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN 978-3-89812-085-2 , p. 37.
↑ Thomas Buchholz (Red.): Hallische Musiktage 1955-2005 . Edited by the Saxony-Anhalt Regional Association of German Composers V., Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 12f.
↑ Hans Böhm: Spiritual and secular presence. Impressions from the all-German music festival in Coburg . In: Neue Zeit , September 13, 1956, vol. 12, edition 214, p. 6.
↑ Christoph Rink: Chronology of the Handel price . In: Announcements of the Friends and Sponsors of the Handel House in Halle eV 1/2012, pp. 20–25, here: p. 23.

[Schaefer-1] A ^b Hansjürgen Schaefer: Berliner Festtage 1957. Music by Ottmar Gerster . Berliner Zeitung , October 11, 1957, vol. 13, issue 238, p. 3.

[2] Konstanze Musketa : Music history of the city of Halle. Guide to the exhibition in the Handel House . Handel House, Halle an der Saale 1998, ISBN 3-910019-13-7 , p. 86.

[3] Hansjürgen Schaefer : Art of light and joy. For the seventh time: Handel Festival in Halle . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 14, 1958, vol. 14, issue 135, p. 3.

[4] Horst Seeger : Music for a friendly future. The 1960 Handel Festival in Halle . In: Neues Deutschland , May 22, 1960, vol. 15, edition 141, p. 6.

[5] Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2019, ISBN 978-0-253-04407-5 , oS (e-book).

[6] Academy concert . In: Neues Deutschland , June 9, 1964, vol. 19, edition 157, p. 4.

[7] Klaus Schneider: Hans Stieber. Biographical data, catalog raisonné, bibliography . In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , NF 26 (1972) 3/4, pp. 199–215, here: p. 206.

[8] Karin Zauft: Handel and the Handel Festival in Halle. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2001, ISBN 978-3-89812-085-2 , p. 37.

[9] Thomas Buchholz (Red.): Hallische Musiktage 1955-2005 . Edited by the Saxony-Anhalt Regional Association of German Composers V., Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 12f.

[10] Hans Böhm: Spiritual and secular presence. Impressions from the all-German music festival in Coburg . In: Neue Zeit , September 13, 1956, vol. 12, edition 214, p. 6.

[11] Christoph Rink: Chronology of the Handel price . In: Announcements of the Friends and Sponsors of the Handel House in Halle eV 1/2012, pp. 20–25, here: p. 23.