Ysaÿe Quartet (1886)
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The Ysaÿe Quartet was established in 1886 by Eugène Ysaÿe
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Its members were:
The quartet premiered Claude Debussy
's String Quartet
on December 29, 1893.
Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...
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Its members were:
- Eugène YsaÿeEugène YsaÿeEugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...
, 1st violin - Mathieu CrickboomMathieu CrickboomMathieu Crickboom was a Belgian violinist, who was born in Verviers and died in Brussels.Crickboom was the principal disciple of Eugène Ysaÿe, who dedicated to him his Sonata for Violin Alone No. 5...
, 2nd violin - Léon van HoutLéon van HoutLéon van Hout was a Belgian violist and music educator.From 1888 to 1894 Van Hout was the violist of the Ysaÿe Quartet along with cellist Joseph Jacob, and violinists Mathieu Crickboom and Eugène Ysaÿe...
, viola - Joseph JacobJoseph Jacob (cellist)Joseph Jacob was a Belgian cellist who taught at the Ghent Conservatory and played in the Ysaÿe Quartet from 1886.Jacob's students included Rosario Bourdon....
, cello
The quartet premiered Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
's String Quartet
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...
on December 29, 1893.