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Müller Quartet
Exceptionally Rare Autograph Musical Quotation
April 18, 1838. 7.75" h x 10" w. Pristine condition on lovely paper with an embossed decorative border.Exceptionally rare quotation by the early Müller Quartet.
A beautifully penned, substantial 18-bar musical quote from Beethoven's String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, with hand-drawn staves and signed by all four members.
The Müller brothers were a family of celebrated quartet players famous for the perfection of their ensemble playing. The quartet they formed was known as the Gebrüder Müller and they are considered to have brought the art of string quartet playing to a degree of perfection previously unknown. They were the sons as well as pupils of the principal musician to the Duke of Brunswick. Carl Friedrich (1797-1873) was first violin in the quartet and was also concertmaster to the Duke. Franz Ferdinand Georg (1808-55) was the second violinist, Theodor Heinrich (1799-1855) was the violist and August Theodor (1802-75) was the cellist.
AMQ-12361$1,000The Müller brothers resigned from the Duke of Brunswick's employ in 1830 because the Duke forbade them from appearing in outside musical performance of any kind. Their first appearance outside Brunswick was in Hamburg, where they were so successful that an invitation to Berlin followed, where they were again met with wide admiration. Several tours abroad extended their fame throughout the world.
This is the only musical quote we have ever seen by the Müller Brothers.
