THE LASALLE QUARTET MEMBERS JACK KIRSTEN, PETER KAMNITZER, WALTER LEVIN AND HENRY MEYER.The LaSalle Quartet was a string quartet active from 1946 to 1987. It was founded by first violinist Walter Levin. The quartet played on a donated set of Amati instruments.The LaSalle Quartet was best known for its espousal of the Second Viennese School of Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, and of the European modernists who derived from that tradition, though they also performed standard classical and romantic literature. György Ligeti dedicated his Second String Quartet to the group, and they premiered it in Baden-Baden on December 14th, 1969. The quartet has been credited with the "Zemlinsky Renaissance," as Zemlinsky remained largely unknown until they performed his works. The quartet won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis for their recording of his four string quartets.(WIKIPEDIA)
Photo measures 8.5 x 7.5 in.
