Paul Dessau

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Paul Dessau was born in Hamburg in 1894.

He left us two grand symphonies and - in the years 1932, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1971 and 1975 - seven string quartets.

Here is the fifth of them, from 1955:

It was played by

Egon Morbitzer - violin 1
Wilhelm Martens - violin 2
Werner Buchholz - Viola
Bernhard Günther - Cello