Editing Budapest String Quartet (section)

{{short description|String quartet}}
{{for|the quartet with Jenő Hubay and David Popper|Budapest Quartet (1886)}}
{{Infobox orchestra
| name                = Budapest String Quartet
| type                = [[String quartet]]
| image               = The Budapest String Quartet.png
| caption             = The quartet in 1938: (left to right) Josef Roisman ([[violin]]), [[Boris Kroyt]] ([[viola]]), [[Alexander Schneider]] (violin), Mischa Schneider ([[cello]]) 
| founded             = {{Start date|1917}}
| disbanded           = {{End date|1967}}
}}

The '''Budapest String Quartet''' was a [[string quartet]] in existence from 1917 to 1967.  It originally consisted of three Hungarians and a Dutchman; at the end, the quartet consisted of four Russians.  A number of recordings were made for [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]] and [[RCA Victor]] through 1938; from 1940 through 1967 it recorded for [[Columbia Records]]. Additionally, several of the Quartet's live performances were recorded, at the [[Library of Congress]] and other venues.