tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1163231906978653872006-11-11T07:58:00.000Z2006-11-11T07:58:00.000ZHenry, thanks as ever for your comment. I’m afraid I don’t have any more information about the fracas, and that brief mention in John Amis’ book prompted my comment. The <BR/><A HREF="http://www.gpaulbishop.com/GPB%20History/GPB%20Archive/Section%20-%203/Griller%20Quartet/griller_quartet.htm" REL="nofollow"> online article from 1950</A> you refer to, with it’s excellent black and white photograph, is the best source on the Griller Quartet, but it predates their breakup. <BR/><BR/>Can any other readers supply any more information? The creative, and personal, tensions within string quartets are a fascinating subject which have produced some very interesting books including <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Married-Amadeus-Life-String-Quartet/dp/1900357127/sr=1-1/qid=1163229737/ref=sr_1_1/202-7073094-0009429?ie=UTF8&s=books" REL="nofollow">Married To the Amadeus</A> and <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Indivisible-Four-Quartet-Pursuit-Harmony/dp/0374527008/sr=1-1/qid=1163229924/ref=sr_1_1/202-7073094-0009429?ie=UTF8&s=books" REL="nofollow">Indivisible By Four.</A><BR/><BR/>Norman Lebrecht is completely wrong to dismiss this kind of threads as <I>unchecked trivia</I>. As the contemporary Finnish composer<A HREF="http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&nordgren+pehr%20henrik" REL="nofollow"> Pehr Henrik Nordgren</A> wrote:<BR/><BR/><B><I>I believe that music is more than just music. It is not an isolated phenomenon; it cannot escape from the perception of that which is occurring all around us in this world of war, suffering, and the demise of charity. </I></B>Pliablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com