The Zorian Quartet: Olive Zorian (violin I); Marjorie Lavers (violin II); Winifred Copperwheat (viola); and Norina Semino (cello)
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Classical, string quartet
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The Zorian Quartet was an English all-female string quartet ensemble. It was founded in 1942 by and named after violinist Olive Zorian. It gave the premiere performances of, and made the first recordings of, several compositions for string quartet by English composers, including Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett. It also gave the premiere English performances of quartets by Ernest Bloch and Béla Bartók.[1]
The original members were Olive Zorian (1916–65, violin I); Marjorie Lavers (violin II); Winifred Copperwheat (1905–76, viola); and Norina Semino (cello).[2][3][4]
Some sources say that the quartet disbanded in 1949.[1] Other sources say that it continued to perform for at least another ten years.[5] The later date is supported by evidence that the violinist Frances Mason and the cellist Eleanor Warren were members of the Zorian Quartet in the 1950s.[6][7]
^ abMitchell, Donald; Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn, eds. (1991). Letters from a Life: 1952–1957: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913–1976. Vol. 4. Boydell Press. p. 310. ISBN 9781843833826.
^"BBC Home Service". BBC. 27 July 1942. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^Keller, James M. (10 December 2010). Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide. Oxford University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0195382532. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
^"Reid Chamber Concert, Thursday, November 30, 1944". Reid Concerts, University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^George, Joan (2002). Merchants in Exile: The Armenians in Manchester, England, 1835–1935. Taderon Press (Gomidas Institute). ISBN 978-1903656082.
^"Frances Mason". Incorporated Society of Musicians. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (22 February 2011). "Warren, Eleanor Catherine". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1005–1006. ISBN 978-1403939104.
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