Hellmesberger Quartet

Hellmesberger-Quartett ca. 1872: Heinrich Röver, Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., Sigismund Bachrich, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.
Hellmesberger-Quartett ca. 1872: Heinrich Röver, Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., Sigismund Bachrich, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.

The Hellmesberger Quartet was a string quartet formed in Vienna in 1849. It was founded by Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. and was the first permanent named String Quartet.[citation needed]