03/10/1867, Gelsenkirchen, Prussia — 12/11/1922, Vienna, Austria
Austrian violinist. He is best known as the founder (1891) and leader of the First Viennese Folk Quartet of Classical Music (German: Erste Wiener Volk s quartett für klassische Musik), which set itself the task of popularizing chamber music among the general public (the fee for attending the quartet's performances was noticeably lower than usual). The quartet gave weekly concerts on early Sunday evenings, often with vocal numbers and piano pieces included in the program; the choice of composers was often associated with the current events of the musical calendar (Schubert's anniversary, Grieg's visit to Vienna, Bruckner's death), while Dyusberg willingly performed works by young composers, including Walter Rabl and Arnold Krug, as well as Josef Boguslav Foerster.
