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...frivolous Londoners, Marko seems just another glamorous eccentric, sent to amuse and thrill them with his daring antics. When, one evening, Marko appears at a reception and a rough voice bellows from the audience, "What about Varga, Lener, Goldfink?", everyone rocks with laughter at what seems an inexplicable joke. But as the months pass and the unreal festival approaches, the names of the mysterious trio keep echoing through London. Finally, a bomb of accusation bursts, in the form of the question: Did Marko make his first millions by selling his three compatriots to the Gestapo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The New Man | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...Budapest Quartet holds its rank today in probably the most competitive field in quartet history.* Runners-up include the Busch Quartet, the Lener, the Curtis, the Gordon, the Coolidge, the Pro Arte, the Kolisch, the Roth and the Perol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Big Four | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

Mozart: Divertimento No. 10 (K. 247) (Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting; Victor: 6 sides) and Divertimento No. 17 (K. 334) (Lener Quartet with Aubrey and Dennis Brain, horns; Columbia: 10 sides). First complete recordings of two early but elegant Mozart items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: November Records | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Mozart's Quartet in B Flat by the Lener String Quartet of Budapest (Columbia, $6) - This is called the "Hunting Quartet" because a theme in the first movement resembles a hunter's horn. The Adagio, tranquil and in no way suggestive of the skelter of the field, is played by the Leners with expert tenderness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: May Records | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

Brahm's Quartet in B flat by the Lener String Quartet of Budapest (Columbia, $10)?Brahms in a solemn, pastoral mood treated by the Leners in the lush, romantic fashion characteristic of their gypsy confr?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: April Records | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

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