What is Rosé Quartet?
The '''Rosé Quartet''' was a [[string quartet]] formed by [[Arnold Rosé]] in 1882. The group played together for 55 years, until 1938. Arnold Rosé was the first [[violin]] for the whole of that time, but the other members changed. Julius Egghard played the second violin at first; then it was Albert Bachrich, until 1905 when Paul Fischer joined. The [[viola]] player was Anton Loh, then Hugo von Steiner until 1901, then Anton Ruzitska; after 1920, Max Handl played the viola. Eduard Rosé, Arnold’s brother, was the [[cello|cellist]] at first, but left after one season he left to get married and was replaced by Reinhold Hummer. The next cellist was Friedrich Buxbaum; cellist [[Anton Walter]] joined in 1921, but later on Buxbaum took over once more. The group were particularly famous between 1905 and 1920, with Rosé, Fischer, Ruzitska, and Buxbaum. They were known for their great performances of [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], but also some more modern composers including [[Arnold Schoenberg]]. The group often gave the first Vienna performances of works by [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], including his Clarinet Quintet and his Quintet in [[G major]] Opus 111. It also gave the first performance of Schoenberg's first and second string quartets and the [[sextet]] ''Verklärte Nacht'' in which they were joined by two other members of the [[Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra]]: Franz Jelinek, viola, and Franz Schmidt, cello. {{music-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose Quartet}} [[Category:String quartets]]