Budapest Quartet (1886)

Johannes Brahms performed with the quartet and thought it was the best he had heard.

[3] The quartet's initial composition was: Herzfeld played in 1886-1889 and 1897-1899.

Wilhelm Grünfeld (concertmaster of Budapest Opera) played in 1888 the 2nd violin and 1889 József Bloch [hu] (later a teacher at the Music Academy).

After then, two students of Hubay played the 2nd violin: in 1894 János Farkas and from 1895 Rudolf Kemény.

Violist from 1888 was Josef Waldbauer[5][6][7] and from 1898 Gustav Szerémi.