The Griller String Quartet was a British musical ensemble particularly active from 1931 to c.1961 or 1963, when it was disbanded.[1] The quartet was in residence at the University of California at Berkeley from 1949 to 1961.[2] It performed a wide repertory, including works written for it by Ernest Bloch, Darius Milhaud, and Arnold Bax.
^Christopher Rowland, Obituary - Sidney Aaron Griller, The Independent 23 Nov 1993.
^See article by John Whiting The Griller String Quartet - E Quatribus Unum. See also Nicholas P. Lafkas, 'Quartet in Residence' (1950).
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