40th Anniversary Residency of the Juilliard String Quartet
at the Library of Congress 1962-2002
The
Juilliard String Quartet's association with the Library of Congress began
two years after its formation when its founding members-violinists Robert
Mann and Robert Koff, violist Raphael Hillyer, and cellist Arthur Winograd-gave
the Juilliard's debut performance in Coolidge Auditorium on December 10,
1948. From the outset champions of American music, in subsequent appearances
at the Library before 1962, the Quartet gave the world premieres of Robert
Palmer's Quintet and the string quartets of Ginastera (no. 2), Villa-Lobos
(no. 15), Juan Orrego-Salas (no. 1, op. 46), and Easley Blackwood (no.
2, op. 6).
In 1962, the Juilliard succeeded the Budapest Quartet as resident quartet. Two new members joined Robert Mann and Raphael Hillyer: cellist Claus Adam (who took over from Arthur Winograd in 1955) and violinist Isidore Cohen (who replaced Robert Koff in 1958). During the forty years of its residency, the Juilliard Quartet's unflagging commitment to American composers has been reflected in its performances of works by Samuel Barber, Ronald Caltabiano, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Mario Davidovsky, David Diamond, Jacob Druckman, Irving Fine, Andrew Imbrie, Charles Ives, Fred Lehrdahl, Peter Lieberson, Alfred Loeffler, Vincent Persichetti, Walter Piston, Walter Schuman, and Virgil Thomson.
at the Library of Congress
1962 Succeeds the Budapest Quartet as
resident quartet at the Library of Congress
1966 Violinist Earl
Carlyss joins the Quartet
1969 Samuel Rhodes becomes the Quartet's
violist
1970-71 Complete Bartók cycle
1971 World premiere: Milton Babbitt, String Quartet no. 4
1972 World premiere Leslie Bassett, Sextet for piano and strings
1974 Cellist Joel Krosnick joins the
Quartet
1977 World premiere: Ben Weber, Lyric Piece for string quartet
1978 World premiere: Henri Dutillieux, Ainsi la nuit, string quartet (Koussevitzky
Commission)
1980 Complete Bartók cycle
1982 Complete Beethoven cycle
1984 World premiere: Donald Martino, String Quartet (Coolidge Commission)
1986 Joel Smirnoff joins the Quartet
as second violinist; Quartet inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National
Academy for Recording Arts & Sciences
1986 World premiere: Ezra Laderman, Double Quartet (with the Concord Quartet)
1987 World premiere: Christopher James, String Quartet
1989 World premiere: George Perle, String Quartet no. 8, "Windows
of Order" (Coolidge/American Public Radio Commission)
1996 Named "Musicians of the Year 1996" by Musical America
1997 Celebrates Golden Jubilee; Robert Mann retires; Joel Smirnoff assumes
first chair; Ronald Copes joins as second
violin
2000-01 Library of Congress/Smithsonian Institution String Seminar under
the auspices of the Irving Caesar Lifetime Trust
2002-03 40th
Anniversary Season
The Juilliard String Quartet will perform the world premiere of Richard
Wernick's Horn Quintet commissioned by the Irving Fine Fund for the occasion;
works by Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, Ralph Shapey, and Gunther Schuller;
and a complete Beethoven cycle that will conclude in Fall 2003.
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