Festetics String Quartet
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The Festetics Quartet are a string quartet
from Budapest
, Hungary
.
The members are Istvan Kertesz, first violin; Erika Petoefi, second violin; Peter Ligeti, Kriszta Veghelyi, viola; and Rezső Pertorini, cello. The Festetics Quartet combines the use of period instruments with the legendary tradition of Hungarian string quartets. The Quartet is named after the Festetics family, founders of the famous Helikon music library. Its repertoire includes string quartets by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.
Haydn
's original manuscript scores
(notation
), bear systematic marks which have no apparent musical meaning. The Festetics Quartet claim that the composer made those marks to have specific meaning, that they have tried to understand them and play Haydn's works accordingly.
The Festetics Quartet has recorded all of the Haydn string quartets, available on CD.
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...
from Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
The members are Istvan Kertesz, first violin; Erika Petoefi, second violin; Peter Ligeti, Kriszta Veghelyi, viola; and Rezső Pertorini, cello. The Festetics Quartet combines the use of period instruments with the legendary tradition of Hungarian string quartets. The Quartet is named after the Festetics family, founders of the famous Helikon music library. Its repertoire includes string quartets by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert.
Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
's original manuscript scores
Sheet music
Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols; like its analogs—books, pamphlets, etc.—the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens...
(notation
Musical notation
Music notation or musical notation is any system that represents aurally perceived music, through the use of written symbols.-History:...
), bear systematic marks which have no apparent musical meaning. The Festetics Quartet claim that the composer made those marks to have specific meaning, that they have tried to understand them and play Haydn's works accordingly.
The Festetics Quartet has recorded all of the Haydn string quartets, available on CD.