75 Years of Chamber Music Excellence: A Chronology of all artists’ appearances with the Chamber Music Society of Louisville st 1 ​ Season, 1938 – 1939 ​ Kathleen Parlow, violin and Gunnar Johansen, piano The Gordon String Quartet The Coolidge Quartet The Heermann Trio nd 2 ​ Season, 1939 – 1940 ​ The Budapest String Quartet The Stradivarius Quartet Marcel Hubert, cello and Harold Dart, piano rd 3 ​ Season, 1940 – 1941 ​ Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord and Lois Wann, oboe Belgian Piano­String Quartet The Coolidge Quartet th 4 ​ Season, 1941 – 1942 ​ The Trio of New York The Musical Art Quartet The Pro Arte Quartet th 5 ​ Season, 1942 – 1943 ​ The Budapest String Quartet The Coolidge Quartet The Stradivarius Quartet th 6 ​ Season, 1943 – 1944 ​ The Budapest String Quartet Gunnar Johansen, piano and Antonio Brosa, violin The Musical Art Quartet th 7 ​ Season, 1944 – 1945 ​ The Budapest String Quartet The Pro Arte Quartet Alexander Schneider, violin and Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord th 8 ​ Season, 1945 – 1946 ​ The Musical Art Quartet Nikolai Graudan, cello and Joanna Graudan, piano Philip Manuel, harpsichord and Gavin Williamson, harpsichord The Budpest String Quartet th 9 ​ Season, 1946 – 1947 ​ The Louisville Philharmonic String Quartet with Doris Davis, piano The Albeneri Trio The Budapest String Quartet th 10 ​ Season, 1947 – 1948 ​ Alexander Schneider, violin and Ralph Kirkpatrick, harpsichord The Budapest String Quartet The London String Quartet The Walden String Quartet The Albeneri Trio th 11 ​ Season, 1948 – 1949 ​ The Alma Trio The Louisville Philharmonic Quartet with William Pickett, baritone and Edna Whitney Louis, viola The Schneider Piano Quartet The Budapest String Quartet th 12 ​ Season, 1949 – 1950 ​ The Hungarian Quartet The Louisville String Quartet with Fritz Magg, cello and Carl Genovese, oboe The Budapest String Quartet The New York Piano Quartet (same performers as the Schneider Piano Quartet) The New York Piano Quartet th 13 ​ Season, 1950 – 1951 ​ The Aleneri Trio The Louisville String Quartet, with Edna Whitney Louis, violist; Renato Mastropaolo, cello; and Calvin Bisha, double bass The Budapest String Quartet The New York Piano Quartet Alexander Schneider, violin and Eugene Istomin, piano th 14 ​ Season, 1951 – 1952 ​ The Albeneri Trio The Miami University String Quartet with George Seltzer, clarinet The New York Piano Quartet with Philip Sklar, double bass The Budapest String Quartet th 15 ​ Season, 1952 – 1953 ​ The New Music String Quartet The Louisville String Quartet with Edna Whitney Louis, viola and Renato Mastropaolo, cello The New York Piano Quartet The Budapest String Quartet The Amadeus Quartet th 16 ​ Season, 1953 – 1954 ​ Nikolai Graudan, cello and Joanna Graudan, piano Quartetto Italiano The Juilliard String Quartet The Albeneri Trio The Amadeus Quartet th 17 ​ Season, 1954 – 1955 ​ The New Music Quartet Quintetto Boccherini The Budapest String Quartet The Louisville String Quartet with Conrad Crocker, flute Alexander Schneider, violin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano th 18 ​ Season, 1955 – 1956 ​ The Amadeus Quartet The Albeneri Trio Mack Harrell, baritone and Sergus Kagen, piano The Budapest String Quartet with Gregor Piatigorsky, cello th 19 ​ Season, 1956 – 1957 ​ The Juilliard String Quartet The Louisville String Quartet with Dennis Larson, oboe The Vienna Octet The Budapest String Quartet The Smetana Quartet th 20 ​ Season, 1957 – 1958 ​ The Alfred Deller Trio The Barylli Quartet The Albeneri Trio The Budapest String Quartet with Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano Alexander Schneider, violin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano st 21 ​ Season, 1958 – 1959 ​ The Vienna Octet Ianos Starker, cello and Bela Boszormenyi­Nagy, piano The Budapest String Quartet Quartetto Italiano nd 22 ​ Season, 1959 – 1960 ​ Camera Concerti The Begh String Quartet The Albeneri Trio The Amadeus Quartet The Budapest String Quartet with Walter Trampler, viola rd 23 ​ Season, 1960 – 1961 ​ The New Danish Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet The Budapest String Quartet with Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano Alexander Schneider, violin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano The Vienna Octet Adele Addison, soprano and James Payne, piano th 24 ​ Season, 1961 – 1962 ​ New York Pro Musica with Noah Greenberg, conductor The Pasquier Trio The Amadeus Quartet The Budapest String Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet th 25 ​ Season, 1962 – 1963 ​ New York Pro Musica with Noah Greenberg, conductor The Paganini Quartet of the University of California at Santa Barbara The Budapest String Quartet Alexander Schneider, violin; Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano; and John Barrows, horn th 26 ​ Season, 1963 – 1964 ​ The Carnegie Fine Arts String Quartet The Amadeus Quartet (concert in memory of President Kennedy) The Budapest String Quartet The Baroque Chamber Players The Alma Trio th 27 ​ Season, 1964 ­ 1965 ​ Alexander Schneider, violin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano The Berkshire Quartet with James Livingston, clarinet The Juilliard String Quartet The Budapest String Quartet New York Pro Musica with Noah Greenberg, conductor th 28 ​ Season, 1965 – 1966 ​ The Brahms Quartet The Amadeus Quartet The LaSalle Quartet The Juilliard Quartet The Vienna Octet th 29 ​ Season, 1966 – 1967 ​ The Guarneri String Quartet Ianos Starker, cello Hermann Prey, baritone and Paul Ulanowsky, piano The Juilliard String Quartet The Fine Arts Quartet th 30 ​ Season, 1967 – 1968 ​ The Amadeus Quartet Jean­Pierre Rampal, flute and Robert Veyron­Lacroix, harpsichord The Beaux Arts Trio The Juilliard String Quartet I Virtuosi di Roma st 31 ​ Season, 1968 – 1969 ​ Alexander Schneider, violin; Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano; and Leslie Parnas, cello The Ciompi Quartet Ernest Haefliger, tenor and Franz Rupp, piano Jean­Pierre Rampal, flute and Robert Veyron­Lacroix, harpsichord The Juilliard String Quartet with Jorge Mester, viola nd 32 ​ Season, 1969 – 1970 ​ The Deller Consort The Melos Ensemble of London The Bartók Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet Eric Rosenblith, violin and Lee Luvisi, piano rd 33 ​ Season, 1970 – 1971 ​ The New Cleveland Quartet Benita Valente, soprano; Lee Luvisi, piano; and James Livingston, clarinet The Juilliard String Quartet Jean­Pierre Rampal, flute and Robert Veyron­Lacroix, harpsichord Charles Tregor and Peter McHugh, violins; Jorge Mester, viola; Leopold Teraspulski, cello; and James Livingston, clarinet th 34 ​ Season, 1971 – 1972 ​ The Starker Trio The Juilliard String Quartet The Berlin Philharmonic Octet The Guarneri String Quartet with Lee Luvisi, piano The Amadeus Quartet with Jorge Mester, viola th 35 ​ Season, 1972 – 1973 ​ The Juilliard String Quartet New York Pro Musica The French String Trio Music from Marlboro The Amadeus Quartet with Jorge Mester, viola th 36 ​ Season, 1973 – 1974 ​ The Tel Aviv String Quartet with Yona Ettlinger, clarinet David Soyer, cello and Lee Luvisi, piano Patricia Brooks, Soprano; Harriet Wingreen, piano; and Daniel McAninch, oboe Jean­Pierre Rampal, flute and Robert Veyron­Lacroix, harpsichord The Juilliard String Quartet th 37 ​ Season, 1974 – 1975 ​ I Solisti di Zagreb The Juilliard String Quartet The Beaux Arts Trio Music from Marlboro The Borodin String Quartet th 38 ​ Season, 1975 – 1976 ​ Les Menestriers (Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance) Tashi The Juilliard String Quartet The Tokyo String Quartet Jan De Gaetani, mezzo­soprano; Lee Luvisi, piano; and Philip West, Oboe th 39 ​ Season, 1976 – 1977 ​ The Juilliard String Quartet ­ Beethoven Festival The Beaux Arts Trio th 40 ​ Season, 1977 – 1978 ​ The Guarneri String Quartet The Festival Winds The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra The Juilliard String Quartet with Lee Luvisi, piano Hermann Prey and Michael Krist, piano st 41 ​ Season, 1978 – 1979 ​ The Beaux Arts Trio Concentus Musicus of Vienna The Juilliard String Quartet Jean­Pierre Rampal, flute and John Steele Ritter, harpsichord The Tokyo String Quartet nd 42 ​ Season, 1979 – 1980 ​ The Cleveland String Quartet New York Chamber Soloists The Beaux Arts Trio The Juilliard String Quartet The Schneider­Luvisi Quartet rd 43 ​ Season, 1980 – 1981 ​ Tashi Hermann Prey, baritone and Michael Krist, piano The Juilliard String Quartet Concert Royal with New York Baroque Dance Company The New York String Quartet th 44 ​ Season, 1981 – 1982 ​ The Beaux Arts Trio The New World String Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet The Beaux Arts Trio The Emerson String Quartet th 45 ​ Season, 1982 – 1983 ​ The American String Quartet The Polish Chamber Orchestra with Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor Maureen Forrester, contralto and Derek Bampton, piano The Juilliard String Quartet The Muir String Quartet th 46 ​ Season, 1983 – 1984 ​ The Lindsay String Quartet Music from Marlboro Richard Stoltzman, clarinet and Irma Vallecillo, piano The Ridge String Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet The Emerson String Quartet th 47 ​ Season, 1984 – 1985 ​ Ianos Starker, cello and Charles Webb, piano The Beaux Arts Trio Ianos Starker, cello and Shigeo Neriki, piano The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The Juilliard String Quartet th 48 ​ Season, 1985 – 1986 ​ Elly Amerling, soprano and Rudolf Jansen, piano The Emerson String Quartet with Lee Luvisi, piano The Juilliard String Quartet The New York Chamber Soloists Tashi th 49 ​ Season, 1986 – 1987 ​ The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The Tokyo String Quartet Pomerium Musices The Juilliard String Quartet The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra with Patrick Strub, conductor th 50 ​ Season, 1987 – 1988 ​ Hermann Prey, baritone and Leonard Hokanson, piano The Guarneri String Quartet