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Wittenberg String Quartet: Beethoven String Quartet in A major Op.18 No. 5

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titledcterms:titleWittenberg String Quartet: Beethoven String Quartet in A major Op.18 No. 5
descriptiondcterms:descriptionAnker E 9845, recorded c. 1914.
contentsioc:contentLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) String Quartet in A major Op.18 No.5 (ii) Menuetto (mtx 06723) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet in G major K.387 (iv) Molto allegro (mtx 06725) Symphonic (Wittenberg) String Quartet Members, not named on disc labels: Alfred Wittenberg (violin I) Hermann Behr (violin II) Paul Hermann (viola) Josef Melzer (’cello) Recorded : c. 1913, location unknown (Berlin?) Format : coarse-groove, 78 rpm, 12” / 30 cm, acoustical Matrices : as above Issued : 1914 or earlier Catalogue number : E 9845 Exact relationship between Anker and Rena, and meanings of ‘Elite’ and ‘Special’ denominations, not yet determined Transfer and restoration : Andrew Hallifax for DogintheManger Photographs : DogintheManger Contemporary sources ‘Anker-Schallplatten’ (advertisement mentioning Wittenberg String Quartet), Phonographische Zeitschrift , Vol.14 No.45, 6 November 1913, p. 1002 (reprinted on No.46, 13 November 1913, front cover , and No.47, 20 November 1913, front cover ) This disc and its companion are the only recordings by the Wittenberg String Quartet fully documented to date; although the advertisements cited above do not mention these, but only and rather improbably ‘New popular tango dances’ (not verified), both matrix and issue numbers support the estimated recording and issue dates
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subjectdcterms:subjectclassical
subjectdcterms:subjectshellac
subjectdcterms:subjectchamber music
subjectdcterms:subjectstring quartet
subjectdcterms:subjectBeethoven
subjectdcterms:subjectMendelssohn
subjectdcterms:subjectWittenberg Quartet
subjectdcterms:subjectAlfred Wittenberg
subjectdcterms:subjectAnker
subjectdcterms:subjectAnker Elite
subjectdcterms:subjectRena Special
subjectdcterms:subject78 rpm
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