{{Short description|German violinist (1904–1975)}} {{Infobox person | name = Georg Hanstedt | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|10|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Gelsenkirchen | death_date = {{death date and age|1975|03|25|1904|10|09|df=y}} | death_place = Leipzig | education = | occupation = Classical violinist | organization = {{plainlist| * Gewandhaus Orchestra * Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival * Schuster Quartet }} | awards = Handel Prize }} '''Georg Hanstedt''' (9 October 1904 – 25 March 1975) was a German violinist. He was a long-standing member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, and played in various string quartet formations. In 1934, he became a violinist of the Bayreuth Festival orchestra. He made recordings in the 1960s as second violin of the Schuster Quartet.
== Life == Hanstedt was born in 1904 in Gelsenkirchen as the son of a police station master, Georg Hanstedt, and his wife Elisabeth, ''née'' Wahnes.<ref name="Jung">Hans-Rainer Jung: ''Das Gewandhaus-Orchester. Seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743.'' Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, {{ISBN|3-936618-86-0}}, {{p.|222}}.</ref> After the Abitur passed at the secondary school in his home town, he studied<ref name="Jung"/> violin (with Walther Davisson and Hans Bassermann), teaching theory and composition (with Max Ludwig) at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1923 to 1928.<ref name="Asow">Hedwig und Erich Hermann Mueller von Asow (ed.): ''Kürschners deutscher Musiker-Kalender 1954''. 2nd edition of the Deutsches Musiker-Lexikon, de Gruyter, Berlin 1954.</ref>{{rp|440}} In addition, he was enrolled at the University of Leipzig in humanities subjects.<ref name="Jung"/> He had participated in the Gewandhaus concerts already as a student.<ref name="Jung"/>
In 1929, he became a member of the second violins of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Bruno Walter.<ref name="Jung"/> Following the emergency decree of Reich Chancellor Heinrich Brüning, he was dismissed in November 1931.<ref name="Jung"/> From October 1934, he played in the Leipziger Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Hans Weisbach.<ref name="Jung"/> The same year, he was accepted by the Bayreuth Festival orchestra.<ref>Alfred Sous: [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/651733213 ''Das Bayreuther Festspielorchester. Geschichte, Geschichten und Anekdoten von damals bis heute''] on WorldCat Lienau, Berlin 1997, {{ISBN|3-87484-125-1}}.</ref>{{rp|138}} In April 1937, he was reinstated in the Gewandhaus Orchestra, which was meanwhile conducted by Hermann Abendroth. He was drafted to the Wehrmacht in February 1943.<ref name="Jung"/> Until his release in Fürstenwalde in August 1945, he was a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union.<ref name="Jung"/> He then continued his activities in the Gewandhaus Orchestra with conductors Herbert Albert, Franz Konwitschny, Václav Neumann and Kurt Masur until 1971,<ref name="Jung"/> eventually playing first violin.<ref name="Jung"/>
== Chamber music == thumb|upright=1.2|{{center|Hanstedt as second violinist of the Kirmse Quartet (1949)}} Hanstedt was active as a chamber musician in many ways: From 1928 to 1938<ref name="Asow"/> he played second violin in the Genzel Quartet,.<ref name="Stegmüllrer">Jürgen Stegmüller: ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/streichquartett-eine-internationale-dokumentation-zur-geschichte-der-streichquartett-ensembles-und-streichquartett-kompositionen-von-den-anfangen-bis-zur-gegenwart/oclc/732662934&referer=brief_resultsDas Streichquartett. Eine internationale Dokumentation zur Geschichte der Streichquartett-Ensembles und Streichquartett-Kompositionen von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart]'' in: ''Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte''. Vol 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-7959-0780-8}}</ref>{{rp|112}} and in 1943 in the Schachtebeck Quartet,<ref name="Stegmüllrer" />{{rp|209}} and from 1945 in the Kirmse Quartet.<ref name="Asow"/> Later, Hanstedt was second violin of the Schuster Quartet.<ref>Hansjürgen Schaefer: ''Berliner Festtage 1957. Musik von Ottmar Gerster''. ''Berliner Zeitung'', 11 October 1957, Jg. 13, edition 238</ref>{{rp|3}} In 1960, they recorded Max Butting's String Quartet No. 8, Op. 96.<ref>[http://www.liedderzeit.de/Platten/LP%20Eterna/825800-825899.htm Eterna LP / 825800 bis 825899] (in German) liedderzeit.de 10 April 2020, retrieved 7 August 2020</ref> They recorded in 1965/66 the String Quartet No. 2 by Leo Spies.<ref>[http://www.virtuosochannel.com/2012/08/rare-classical-recordings-episode-1.html Rare Classical Recordings Episode 1] virtuosochannel.com retrieved 7 August 2020</ref> The quartet was awarded the Handel Prize in 1963.
From 1936 he was married to Irene Melzer; the couple had two children.<ref name="Asow"/> He died in Leipzig at age 70.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{DNB portal|1198030712}} * {{Discogs artist}} * [http://musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100205657 Georg Hanstedt] on the MusicSack data base * {{YouTube|stZ7x5cqC-c|Leo Spies - String Quartet No. 2 (1963)}}
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