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The New Hungarian Quartet was founded in 1972. It is separate and distinct from the well-known string quartet

String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...

, the Hungarian Quartet

Hungarian Quartet

The Hungarian String Quartet was a musical ensemble of world renown, particularly famous for its performances of quartets by Beethoven and Bartók...

, though the violist in both groups was the same.

Personnel

Violinist Andor Toth

Andor Toth

Violinist Andor John Toth , earned international celebrity as a soloist, concert artist, conductor and educator with a musical career spanning over six decades...

founded the New Hungarian Quartet in 1972. It was based at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Students of Oberlin Conservatory enter a very broad network within the music world, as the school's alumni...

in Oberlin

Oberlin

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, where they were faculty members. The other members of the Quartet were Richard Young, second violin; Denes Koromzay (1913-2001), viola, formerly violist in the Hungarian Quartet

Hungarian Quartet

The Hungarian String Quartet was a musical ensemble of world renown, particularly famous for its performances of quartets by Beethoven and Bartók...

; and Andor Toth Jr.

Andor Toth Jr.

Andor Toth, Jr. was an American cellist in the strong Central European, Berlin, and Hungarian traditions, bringing to the public a clear aural vision of structure in the music he played, while channeling the emotional character of that music into the hearts of his listeners.Andor Toth, Jr...

, cello, formerly principal cellist of the San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony

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under conductor Josef Krips

Josef Krips

Josef Alois Krips was an Austrian conductor and violinist.-Biography:Krips was born in Vienna and went on to become a pupil of Eusebius Mandyczewski and Felix Weingartner. From 1921 to 1924, he served as Weingartner's assistant at the Vienna Volksoper and as répétiteur and chorus master...

Summer residency

From 1975-79 the Quartet was the first faculty quartet-in-residence at the Taos School of Music in Taos, New Mexico

Taos, New Mexico

Taos is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico, incorporated in 1934. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,700. Other nearby communities include Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, and El Prado. The town is close to Taos Pueblo, the Native American...

. http://www.taosschoolofmusic.com/history.

Touring

The New Hungarian Quartet toured internationally giving many concerts during its career.
The Quartet performed a concert in New York City

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in Alice Tully Hall

Alice Tully Hall

Alice Tully Hall is a concert hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. It is named for Alice Tully, a New York performer and philanthropist whose donations assisted in the construction of the hall...

in February, 1976. Music critic Raymond Ericson

Raymond Ericson

Raymond Ericson was an American music critic who wrote articles for The New York Times for 30 years.-Life and career:...

made this comment in the New York Times published on February 19, 1976.

"The Brahms was greeted enthusiastically, however, by a near-capacity audience, as were the works offered by the New Hungarian Quartet alone. These included Mozart's "Hunt" Quartet and Bartok's Fourth Quartet. The playing here was classic in its restraint and sweetness. The soft playing in the trio of the Mozart Adagio was ravishing. The stylishness held good throughout the Bartok, even when the players did justice to the wild dance rhythms of the last movement. This was top-level playing."

Recordings

The Quartet made several recordings for VOX in their VOXBOX series (see discography below). The most notable recording was the CD album of the Six String Quartets by Bela Bartok

Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

, recorded in 1976 for VOX (Vox SVBX 593).

New York Times Review

"Oberlin Head, Pianist, Plays with Hungarians"

External links

Selected discography

Arkiv Music VoxBox CDX 5022: Schubert, String Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Namedrill?album_group=8&name_id=18589&name_role=2
Andor Toth (Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr. (Cello)

String Quartet No. 13 (Schubert)
String Quartet No. 13 (Schubert)
The String Quartet No. 13 in A minor , D. 804, Op. 29, was written by Franz Schubert between February and March 1824...

in A minor, D 804/Op. 29 no 1 "Rosamunde"
String Quartet No. 14 (Schubert) in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"
String Quartet No. 15 (Schubert)
String Quartet No. 15 (Schubert)
The String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887, was written by Franz Schubert in June 1826. It was posthumously published in 1851, as opus 161.-Movements:The piece is in four movements, and is about 45 minutes long:...

in G major, D 887/Op. 161
Quartettsatz (Schubert)
Quartettsatz (Schubert)
The Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703 was composed by Franz Schubert in December 1820. It is the first movement, the Allegro assai, of a Twelfth String Quartet which Schubert never completed...

in C minor, D 703/Op. posthumous

VoxBox (Classical) CD3X 3012: Beethoven, The Middle Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet http://www.amazon.com/s?search-alias=classical&keywords=New%20Hungarian%20Quartet Andor Toth

Andor Toth

Violinist Andor John Toth , earned international celebrity as a soloist, concert artist, conductor and educator with a musical career spanning over six decades...

(Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr.

Andor Toth Jr.

(Cello)

String Quartet No. 7 (Beethoven)
String Quartet No. 7 (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 7 in F major was published in 1808 as opus 59, No. 1. It consists of four movements:# Allegro in F major# Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando in B major# Adagio molto e mesto - attacca in F minor...

in F major ("Rasumovsky 1"), Op. 59/1
String Quartet No. 8 (Beethoven)
String Quartet No. 8 (Beethoven)
The String Quartet No. 8 in E minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, opus 59, no. 2, was the second of three of his "Razumovsky" cycle of string quartets, and is a product of his "middle" style period. He published it in 1808...

in E minor ("Rasumovsky 2"), Op. 59/2
String Quartet No. 9 (Beethoven) in C major ("Rasumovsky 3"), Op. 59/3
String Quartet No. 10 (Beethoven) in E flat major ("Harp"), Op. 74
String Quartet No. 11 (Beethoven) in F minor ("Serioso"), Op. 95

VoxBox (Classical) CDX 3031: Debussy and Ravel Quartets / New Hungarian Quartet http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001K6P/?me=&seller= Second CD of 3 CD Set. Andor Toth

Andor Toth

Violinist Andor John Toth , earned international celebrity as a soloist, concert artist, conductor and educator with a musical career spanning over six decades...

(Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr.

Andor Toth Jr.

(Cello)

String Quartet (Debussy)
String Quartet (Debussy)
Claude Debussy wrote his sole String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 in 1893.-Background:The previous year Debussy had abandoned the opera Rodrigue et Chimène...

in G Minor, Op. 10
String Quartet (Ravel)

Vox SVBX 593 Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

, 1881-1945: The 6 string quartets. New Hungarian Quartet: Andor Toth

Andor Toth

Violinist Andor John Toth , earned international celebrity as a soloist, concert artist, conductor and educator with a musical career spanning over six decades...

(Violin), Richard Young (Violin), Denes Koromzay (Viola), Andor Toth Jr.

Andor Toth Jr.

(Cello). Cataloged in the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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, Library of Congress Control No. 77760307.

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