Word: guarneri
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Monday Night Concert Series begins at Sanders Theatre, continuing every Monday through August 4. Guarneri String Quartet. Admission charge...
...first-rate group like the Juilliard has proved that American string players are the equal of any produced out of the classic European mold. Yet, in the minds of many chamber music connoisseurs, another group comes even closer to the elegant perfection of the old Budapest: the Guarneri String Quartet, which made its New York debut...
Special Resources. If the Guarneri is indeed Budapest's heir, it could not have been more properly anointed. It was founded at Vermont's Marlboro Music Festival at the suggestion of the Budapest's own second violinist, Alexander Schneider; its name was supplied by Budapest Violist Boris Kroyt, who had once played with a now defunct European quartet called the Guarneri (after the 18th century Italian violinmaker). Despite its distinguished sponsorship, the quartet's success is the result of its own special musical resources. First Violinist Arnold Steinhardt, 32, a tall (6 ft. 3 in.), darkly...
Though all four men are accomplished soloists, they display considerable sub-limination of artistic ego when they have their bows together. In traditional quartets, the first violinist is the unofficial leader; the Guarneri has no real chief. Though rehearsals often turn into vociferous debates, they are never allowed to get out of hand. Says Tree, "the performance always comes first." Two-to-two splits are resolved pragmatically by trying out both ideas at successive concerts...
...more surprised by its rapid rise than the quartet itself. Quartet members often make ends meet by teaching, solo appearances and freelancing. "We were prepared for a long, hard struggle," says Dalley. In fact, the Guarneri's financial worries have been so remarkably short-lived that they are reducing their outside teaching commitments. This year, the quartet will give about 100 concerts (at $1,200 each), compared with a mere dozen in 1965. Its recording work is also increasing, in anticipation of next year's Beethoven bicentennial; the Guarneri will by then have recorded...