Quatuor Calvet
The Quatuor Calvet , also known internationally as the Calvet Quartet , was a French string quartet founded in 1919 by Joseph Calvet and based in Paris . This quartet was dissolved in 1950.
history
In 1928 the Quatuor Calvet performed all of Ludwig van Beethoven's string quartets twice in a row at the suggestion of Nadia Boulanger . The quartet particularly advocated contemporary French music. The quartet temporarily disbanded in 1940.
In 1941, Léon Pascal re- founded the quartet, which after the Second World War became the Quatuor de l'ORTF of the French Broadcasting Quartet. This "offshoot" existed until 1970. In 1944, Calvet founded a new Quatuor Calvet , which, after the Second World War , experienced a brief second heyday until 1950.
The quartet premiered the string quartets by Marcel Delannoy , Jean Françaix (1937), Joseph Guy Ropartz (string quartet No. 3, 1925; No. 4, 1935), Reynaldo Hahn as well as the sextet from 1929 and the string quartet No. 3 from 1930 by Vincent d'Indy , the 2nd string quartet from 1949 by Henri Sauguet and the string quartet by Florent Schmitt from 1948.
occupation
- Violin I : Joseph Calvet (1919–1950)
- Violin II: Léon Pascal (1919–1940), Jean Champeil (1944–1950)
- Viola : Daniel Guilevitch (1919–1940), Maurice Husson (1944–1950)
- Violoncello : Paul Mas (1919–1940), Manuel Recasens (1944–1950)
literature
- Alain Pâris : Classical music in the 20th century, instrumentalists, singers, conductors, orchestras, choirs . Quatuor Calvet. 2nd Edition. dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-32501-1 , p. 1035 .
- Tully Potter: Quatuor Calvet. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
Web links
- Quatuor Calvet at Discogs (English)
- Quatuor Calvet on MusicBrainz (English)