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SMETANA'S QUARTET IN E MINOR, by the Flonzaley Quartet (Victor, $6.50)- The Flonzaleys exist now only on records. The Smetana is neatly balanced, its moods, gay and foreboding, clearly defined...
...organization consists of Alfred Pochon, formerly of the Flonzaley quartet, Wolf Wolfinshon, Nicholas Moldavan, and Gerald War-burg...
...Stradivarius Quartet of New York City will give a concert in Paine Hall tonight at 8.15 o'clock, through the courtesy of Mrs. Edward C. Moore. This organization, which was formed by Alfred Pochon, a member of the Flonzaley Quartet which recently disbanded, includes in addition to Mr. Pochon as second violinist, Nicolas Moldavan, viola, Wolfe Wolfinsohn, first violin, and Gerald Warburg, violoncello...
...Players. The original Flonzaley players were Adolfo Betti and Alfred Pochon, violin player; Iwan d'Archambeau, 'cellist; Ugo Ara, violinist. The first three are in the Quartet today but Ara left to join the Italian army in 1917. Ill health prevented his return and Louis Bailly, now of the Curtis Institute, succeeded him until 1924. Then Felicien d'Archambeau, brother of Cellist Iwan, played for a season and since then Nicholas Moldavan. The Quartet now stands with Betti, an Italian; Pochon, a Swiss; d'Archambeau, a Belgian; Moldavan, a Russian. Yet so dominated are they...
...Flonzaleys," a critic once wrote, "must certainly eat of the same loaf, drink of the same cup." This critic, too, guessed wrong. Away from their music they have led friendly but separate lives. They traveled together, by necessity, but each one sat by himself, usually reading. In Manhattan, where they were most often, they stayed at separate hotels. For a month in the summer they took vacations apart. Two other months a year they spent in making programs and practicing in a chalet high in the Swiss Alps near the Villa Flonzaley...