Great Deal [string Quartets] Quartet [busch, Adolf. (1891 - 1952)] Original Photographs Price Crushed By 55% [jrYsCXmt]

Original snapshot photograph of the legendary quartet, stamped on the verso by the photographer, "'Magna Print' / Will R. Rose." Apparently an unpublished image. 10.2 x 7 cm. Together with three other vintage snapshots of Goesta Andreasson (1894 - 1982), second violinist for the Busch Quartet from 1919 to 1943, one of his wife and one of his son, violinist Bjorn Andreasson.

After World War I, Adolf Busch founded the Busch Quartet. During the early '20s, with Gosta Andreasson, Karl Doktor, and Paul Grummer in the group, the ensemble achieved international renown for its performances and in 1930, Busch's younger brother Hermann Busch succeeded Grummer as their cellist. The quartet was in existence with varying personnel until 1951. The present photograph was taken ca. 1930 and shows, Adolf and Hermann Busch, Karl Doktor and Gösta Andreasson.