Bohemian Quartet
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The Bohemian Quartet (known as the Czech Quartet after 1918) were an Czech string quartet that was founded in 1891.
Its members were:
- Karel Hoffmann (violin)
- Stanislav Novák (previously Josef Suk until 1933) (violin)
- Jiri Herold (previously Oskar Nedbal until 1906 and Lionel Tertis in 1906) (viola)
- Ladislav Zelenka (previously Otto Berger until 1894 and Hanus Wihan until 1914) (cello)
Many key contemporary works were written for and/or first performed by the Bohemian Quartet. Most notably, this included works by Antonín Dvořák and Leoš Janáček, such as Janáček's second string quartet, subtitled "Intimate Letters".
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