From "Muse des Saitenspiels", Vereins Echo, April 1924

Yesterday´s evening of house music of the Munich Guitar Quartet at the Hoch Conservatory brought to us two hours of well-tended house music of exquisit format. Now here in Frankfurt/Main we hear very litte of good old purity and its advance. All the gladder we were to be able to study as well as fully enjoy the perfection of this quartet. You could listen to a broadly arranged quartet of Ph. Gragnani, one of Mauro Guiliani, weaving and whirring in a more sultry way, and then the tunefullly strong movements of Ferd. Sor. With the sounding fullness of their effect on a bigger room, the instruments of this quartet did not only pick up your ears, but also your eyes. Most admirable instruments were called up, as if the theme was "Bring along all your instruments ...", prime guitar, terz guitar, quint bass, as well as the masterpiece of a double chorused lute. The creator of all these angel-voiced wooden boxes, Hermann Hauser, not only forms their shapes, but also inspires heart and soul in them. His technique, his agile style both in strong playing and in difficult figures, shows us the very great and musically elated artist. His joyful companions didn´t rank behind him: Fritz Bueck, W. Tempel and Fräulein Feuerlein. Acuminated precision and deep emphathise into the difficult tasks exhilarated this musical quartet. Fräulein Feuerlein was singing songs for guitar and double chorused lute, songs with charmingly sophisticated accompanist - her voice merely hinting. An enthusiastic audience responded to the show with applause, amazement, and sometimes even with justified envy.
W. U. / Frankfurter Zeitung


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