Emanuel Wirth

Emanuel Wirth (18 October 1842 – 5 January 1923) was a German violinist and violist.

Wirth was born in Žlutice[citation needed] in western Bohemia and studied violin at the Prague Conservatory.

He then became the concertmaster of the opera in Rotterdam, where he led his own string quartet, and eventually he joined the Joachim String Quartet along with cellist Robert Hausmann and pianist Heinrich Barth.

He remained in the quartet for 30 seasons from 13 October 1877 to 13 May 1907 (year of Joachim's death).

Some of his students included Albert Stoessel, Edmund Severn, and Agnes Tschetschulin.