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The Hellmesberger Quartet was a String Quartet formed in Vienna in 1849. It was founded by Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. and was the first permanent named String Quartet. ==Composition== Violinist Leopold Jansa started a string quartet in 1845. Hellmesberger took over from Jansa in 1849, retaining the other members.〔Hellmesberger family biographies, under External links〕 Its initial composition was: *Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. (1st violin) *Carl Heissler (2nd violin) *Matthias Durst (viola) *Carl Schlesinger (cello) The quartet's composition remained "pretty constant until the mid-1860s"〔Potter, ''The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet'', p.44〕 At one point, the composition was: *Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. (1st violin) *Adolph Brodsky (2nd violin), left Vienna in 1870 *Sigismund Bachrich (viola) *David Popper (cello), from 1868 to 1870〔 Hellmesberger's son, Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. joined the quartet in 1870 to play the second violin and became leader in 1887. Ferdinand Hellmesberger, the son of Joseph Sr. and brother of Joseph Jr., joined in 1883 to play the cello. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hellmesberger Quartet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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