Ludwig Schuster Quartet Explained

The Ludwig Schuster Quartet was a string quartet from Halle (Saale) active in the 1950s and 1960s. It was named after first violin Ludwig Schuster (concertmaster 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 (cello).[1]

History

According to Konstanze Musketa "it played a pioneering role in the field of Neue Musik".[2] Thus it premiered several pieces, among others the String Quartet No. 8 "Die Nachgeburt" by Max Butting (1958),[3] the String Quartet No. 1 by Gerhard Wohlgemuth (1960),[4] the 2nd string quartet "Mors et Vita" by Jón Leifs (1960),[5] the String Quartet No. 2 by Leo Spies (1964)[6] and the String Quartet in E major by Hans Stieber (1965).[7]

In Halle (Saale) it performed regularly as part of the Händel Festival.[8] and the Musiktage[9] In 1956 it played at the 2nd All-German Music Festival in Coburg, Franconia, organized by the and by the Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband.[10] In 1957 it gave a guest performance at the Berliner Festtage.[1]

Awards

In 1963 the string quartet was awarded the Handel Prize.[11]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Hansjürgen Schaefer: Berliner Festtage 1957. Musik von Ottmar Gerster. Berliner Zeitung, 11 October 1957, Jg. 13,
  2. Konstanze Musketa: Musikgeschichte der Stadt Halle. Führer durch die Ausstellung des Händel-Hauses. Händel-Haus, Halle an der Saale 1998,, .
  3. [Hansjürgen Schaefer]
  4. [Horst Seeger]
  5. Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2019,, o.S (e-book).
  6. Akademie-Konzert. In Neues Deutschland, 9 June 1964, Jg. 19, edition 157, .
  7. Klaus Schneider: Hans Stieber. Lebensdaten, Werkverzeichnis, Bibliographie.Hans Stieber. Lebensdaten, Werkverzeichnis, Bibliographie on WorldCat In Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter, NF 26 (1972) 3/4,, here .
  8. Karin Zauft: Händel und die Händel-Festspiele in Halle. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2001,, .
  9. [Thomas Buchholz]
  10. Hans Böhm: Geistliche und weltliche Gegenwart. Eindrücke vom gesamtdeutschen Musikfest in Coburg. In Neue Zeit, 13 September 1956, Jg. 12, .
  11. Christoph Rink: Chronologie des Händelpreises. In Mitteilungen des Freundes- und Förderkreises des Händel-Hauses zu Halle e.V. 1/2012,, here .

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