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CodeDS/UK/259
NameLéner String Quartet (1918-1930s)
Variations of NameLehner String Quartet; Lener Quartette
Dates1918-1930s
GenderGroup (Male)
BiographyThe Léner String Quartet, sometimes written the Lehner String Quartet, was a string quartet of Hungarian origin, founded in Budapest in 1918, which for most of its pre-war career operated in or from London. The Léner made the first complete recorded cycle of Beethoven quartets.
1st violin, Jenö Léner (or Lehner);
2nd violin, Joszef Smilovits;
viola, Sándor Roth;
cello, Imre Hartmann.
In later manifestations of the ensemble, Paul Rolland (viola) and Laszlo Varga (cello) were players in the Léner Quartet.

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