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Lafayette Quartet
	(1) Ann Elliott-Goldschmid	(2) Sharon Stanis	(3) Joanna Hood	(4) Pamela Highbaugh
Lajtha Quartet
	(1) Leila Rásonyi	(2) György Albert	(3) László Kolozsvári	(4) László Fenyö
Recordings: Arensky (96), Pizzetti (96) {Marco Polo}
Lansdowne Quartet
Lark Quartet (<c1986-)
	(1) Eva Gruesser	(2) Robin Mayforth	(3) Anna Kruger	(4) Astrid Schween
c1994-		(2) Jennifer Orchard
Recordings: Zemlinsky/Schoenberg, Kernis
La Roche Quartet
	(1) Marat Dickermann	(2) Sarah Paynes	(3) Jan Kokich	(4) Rudolph Grimm
LaSalle Quartet
	(1) Walter Levin	(2) Henry Meyer	(3) Peter Kamnitzer	(4) Jack Kirstein
c1978-				(4) Lee Fiser
Recordings: Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Lutoslawski, Zemlinsky, Penderecki, Cage, Nono, Ligeti Recordings: Beethoven [Late]
Latin-American Quartet
	(1) Saul Bitran	(2) Aron Bitran	(3) Javier Montiel	(4) Alvaro Bitran
New Leipzig Quartet
	(1) Andreas Seidel	(2) Tilmann Büning	(3) Ivo Bauer	(4) Matthias Moosdorf
Recordings: +Schubert
Léner Quartet
	(1) Jenö Léner	(2) Joseph Smilovits	(3) Sándor Roth	(4) Imre Hartman
Recordings: Mozart
Lindsay Quartet (1967-); UK
<1974-	(1) Peter Cropper	(2) Ronald Birks	(3) Roger Bigley	(4) Bernard Gregor-Smith
			(3) Robin Ireland
Quartet-in-Residence: Keele; Sheffield (6 years: 70's); Manchester Recordings: *Tippett, *Beethoven, *Bartók, 'The Bohemians'
Loewenguth Quartet (1929-); France
<1962-	(1) Alfred Loewenguth	(2) Jacques Gotkovski	(3) Roger Roche	(4) Roger Loewenguth
London Quartet [Quartet of London]
	(1) Carmel Kaine	(2) John Trusler	(3) Simon Rowland-Jones	(4) Peter Willison
Los Angeles Quartet
Recordings: Hindemith
Lydian Quartet (<1986-)
	(1) Daniel Stepner	(2) Judith Eissenberg	(3) Mary Ruth Ray	(4) Rhonda Rider
Recordings: Schuman, Hyla
Lyric Quartet (1991-); UK
	(1) Patricia Calnan	(2) Harriet Davies	(3) Nick Barr	(4) David Daniels
		(2) Philippa Ibbotson
		(2) Keith Pascoe
Recordings: *Ginastera, Howells
Lysell Quartet
	(1) Bernt Lysell	(2) Per Sandklef	(3) Thomas Sundkvist	(4) Mikael Sjögren
		(2) ?
Maggini Quartet (1988-); UK
	(1) David Juritz	(2) David Angel	(3) Martin Outram	(4) Michal Kaznowski
c1995-	(1) Laurence Jackson
Recordings: Szymanowsky/Bacewicz {ASV}, Bridge {Naxos}
Mandelring Quartet
	(1) Sebastian Schmidt	(2) Nanette Schmidt	(3) Nora Niggeling	(4) Bernhard Schmidt
Manfred Quartet
	(1) Marie Bereau	(2) Luigi Vecchioni	(3) Alain Pelissier	(4) Christian Wolff
Manhattan Quartet
	(1) Eric Lewis	(2) Roy Lewis	(3) John Dexter	(4) Judith Glyde
Recordings: *Shostakovich
McCapra Quartet (1989-)
	(1) Fiona McCapra	(2) Jake Rea	(3) Ania Ullmann	(4) Ben Chappell
Quartet-in-Residence: Aldeburgh Recordings: Arnold
Medea Quartet
	(1) Morven Bryce	(2) Andrew Storey	(3) Duncan Ferguson	(4) Judith Rees
Medici Quartet (1971-)
	(1) Paul Robertson	(2) David Matthews	(3) Paul Silverthorne	(4) Anthony Lewis
1990-			(3) Ivo-Jan van der Werff
		(2) Colin Callow
		(2) Kathy Thomson?
Recordings: *Beethoven
Melbourne Quartet
	(1) aDonald Scotts	(2) Mary Nemet	(3) Marco Van Pagee	(4) Henry Wenig
Meliora Quartet
	(1) Ian Swensen	(2) Calvin Wiersma	(3) Maria Lambros	(4) Elizabeth Anderson
Melos Quartet [of Stuttgart] (1965-)
	(1) Wilhelm Melcher	(2) Gerhard Voss	(3) Hermann Voss	(4) Peter Buck
c1993-		(2) Ida Bieler
Recordings: *Beethoven (70's-80's), *Schubert (71-74) [Second cycle: Late Q's (90's)] Recordings: *Mendelssohn, *Jana~cék, Dvo~rák, Debussy/Ravel
Mendelssohn Quartet
	(1) Ida Levin	(2) Nicolas Mann	(3) Katherine Murdock	(4) Marcy Rosen
See also Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
	(1) Renate Eggebrecht-Kupsa	(2) Peter Hoffmann	(3) Ewa Wagner	(4) Friedemann Kupsa
		(2) Mario Korunic	(3) Stefan Berg
Mirring Quartet
	(1) Peter Mirring	(2) Wolfram Just	(3) Peter Schikora	(4) Gerhard Pluskwik
Mistry Quartet (1974-); UK
	(1) Jagdish Mistry	(2) Charles Sewart	(3) Caroline Henbest	(4) Susan Monks
Documentary of Indian tour shown on C4 (UK): The Bandung File Quartet-in-Residence: University of York Recordings: Bax, Maconchy, Elgar First and Second violins frequently swap parts
Mondriaan Quartet
	(1) Jan Erik van Regteren Altena	(2) Edwin Blankenstijn	(3) Prunella Pacey	(4) Eduard van Regteren Altena
	(1) Jan Erik Van Regteren Altena		(3) Annette Bergman
Quatuor Mosaïques [Mosaïques Quartet]
	(1) Erich Höbarth	(2) Andrea Bischof	(3) Anita Mitterer	(4) Christophe Coin
Recordings: +Haydn, +Mozart ['Haydn'], Jadin
Moyzes Quartet (<1975-); Slovakia
<1975-	(1) Stanislav Mucha	(2) Franti~sek Török	(3) Alexander Lakato~s	(4) Ján Slávik
Recordings: Bella (96), Grechaninov (94)
Mozart Quartet
	(1) Victor Vitman	(2) Valentin Shuvalov	(3) Edward Gavrilenkov	(4) Nikita Shvetsov
Recordings: Mozart ['Haydn']
Mozarteum Quartet, Salzberg
Muir Quartet
c1985-	(1) Joseph Genualdi	(2) Bayla Keyes	(3) Steven Ansell	(4) Michael Reynolds
c1987-	(1) Lucy Stoltzman
c1990-	(1) Peter Zazofsky
Munich Rosamunde Quartet (<1995-)
	(1) Andreas Reiner	(2) Simon Fordham	(3) Helmut Nicolai	(4) Anja Lechner
Recordings: Goldmark/Schubert, Haydn
Musical Arts Quartet
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
New Music Quartet
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Norwegian Quartet
	(1) Harald Aadland	(2) Mette Elisabeth Steen	(3) Oddbj0rn Bauer	(4) Merete Olsen Carr
Novák Quartet
	(1) Antonín Novák	(2) Du~san Pandula	(3) Josef Podjukl	(4) Jaroslav Chovanec
Recordings: *Bartók
Nuovo Quartetto
	(1) Carlo Chiarappa	(2) Andrea Tacchi	(3) Piero Farulli	(4) Andrea Nannoni
Orford Quartet
	(1) Andrew Dawes	(2) Kenneth Perkins	(3) Terence Helmer	(4) Denis Brott
Recordings: *Beethoven
Orlando Quartet
	(1) István Párkányi	(2) Heinz Oberdorfer	(3) Ferdinand Erblich	(4) Stefan Metz
	(1) John Harding
	(1) Arvid Engegard
Orpheus Quartet (1987-)
	(1) Charles-André Linale	(2) Emilian Piedicuta	(3) Emile Cantor	(4) Laurentiu Sbarcea
Recordings: Malipiero {ASV}
Oslo Quartet ; Norway
	(1) Geir Inge Lotsberg	(2) Per Kristian Skalstad	(3) Are Sandbakken	(4) 0ystein Sonstad
Recordings: Nystedt, Grieg, Johansen
Panocha Quartet (1968-)
	(1) Ji~rí Panocha	(2) Pavel Zejfart	(3) Miroslav Sehnoutka	(4) Jaroslav Kulhan
Recordings: Martinu {Supraphon}, Dvo~rák, Smetana
Parisii Quartet
	(1) Thierry Brodard	(2) Jean-Michel Berrette	(3) Dominique Lobet	(4) Jean-Philippe Martignoni
Parrenin Quartet
	(1) Jacques Parrenin	(2) John Cohen	(3) Jean-Claude Dewaele	(4) René Benedetti
		(2) Marcel Charpentier	(3) Denes Marton	(4) Pierre Penassou
		(2) Jacques Ghestem	(3) Gérard Caussé
Recordings: *Bartók, Honegger, Milhaud, Walton, Britten, Debussy/Ravel
Pascal Quartet
	(1) Jaques Dumont	(2) Maurice Crut	(3) Leon Pascal	(4) Robert Salles
Pellegrini Quartet
	(1) Antonio Pellegrini	(2) Thomas Hofer	(3) Charlotte Geselbracht	(4) Helmut Menzler
Recordings: *Busoni, Hartmann
Petersen Quartet (1979-); Germany
	(1) Ulrike Petersen	(2) Gernot Süssmuth	(3) Friedemann Weigle	(4) Hans-Jakob Eschenburg
c1994-	(1) Conrad Muck
Quartet-in-Residence: Berlin Radio (1988-) Recordings: Mozart ['Haydn'], Beethoven, Janá~cek, Boccherini, Schulhoff
Portland Quartet (1969-); USA
	(1) Stephen Kecskemethy	(2) Ronald Lantz	(3) Julia Adams	(4) Paul Ross
Recordings: *Chadwick, *Piston
Prague Quartet
<1975-	(1) B~retislav Novotný	(2) Karel P~ribyl	(3) Lubomír Malý	(4) Jan Sírc
Recordings: *Dvo~rák {DG- 1970s}, Borodin/Prokofiev, Franck, Glinka
Prazak Quartet (c1975-); Czech
	(1) Václav Reme~s	(2) Vlastimil Holek	(3) Josef Kulso~n	(4) Michal Ka~nka
Recordings: +Beethoven, Mozart ['Haydn'], Haydn, Schubert
Pro Arte Quartet (1912-1947); Belgium
	(1) Alphonse Onnou	(2) Laurent Halleux	(3) Germain Prévost	(4) Fernand Quinet
1923-				(4) Robert Maas
1940-	(1) Anotnio Brosa			(4)
1944-	(1) Rudolf Kolisch
After 1947, the faculty quartet at Wisconsin has used the name 'Pro Arte', under Kolisch. Another quartet in Austria uses this name. Recordings: Haydn, Mozart, Debussy/Ravel
Prokofiev (<1974-)
	(1) Ella Brakker	(2) Nadezhda Baikov	(3) Galina Odinets	(4) Kira Tsvetkova
Ramor Quartet
	(1) Andreas Sandor	(2) Erwin Ramor	(3) Zoltan Thirring	(4) Vera Nogrady
First and Second violins frequently swap parts
Raphael Quartet
	(1) Ronald Hoogeveen	(2) Rami Koch	(3) Zoltan Benyacs	(4) Henk Lambooij
Rasumovsky Quartet (1984-); UK
	(1) Simon Standage	(2) Pauline Scott	(3) Simon Whistler	(4) Joanna Milholland
	(1) Frances Mason	(2) Marilyn Taylor	(3) Christopher Wellington	(4) Joy Hall
Reger String Quartet
Revolutionary Drawing Room
	(1) Graham Cracknell	(2) Adrian Butterfield	(3) Judith Tarling	(4) Angela East
Recordings: Donizetti, Boccherini
Ringelberg Quartet
	(1) Justus Ringelberg	(2) Fritz Bunge	(3) Willi Kussmaul	(4) Hans Adomeit
Rosalyra Quartet
Rosé Quartet (1882-1938); Austria
	(1) Arnold Rosé	(2) Julius Egghard	(3) Anton Loh	(4) Eduard Rosé
1900-				(4) Friedrich Buxbaum
1901-			(3) Anton Ruzitska
c1905-		(2) Paul Fischer
1921-				(4) Anton Walter
Many first performances, including Brahms (Quintet and Trio), Schoenberg (#1/#2), Reger Recordings: Beethoven [c#, 18/4, Harp] (1927)
Roth Quartet
	(1) Duncan Riddell	(2) Paul Robson	(3) Elizabeth Turnbull	(4) Martin Thomas

Version number 0.5. [Reference date 1999-03-01.]