Background
He was born in Hamburg and studied there and in Rome.
He was born in Hamburg and studied there and in Rome.
He wanted to have a standing quartet, so he invited the brothers Gerhard and Hermann Voss to join him and the cellist Peter Buck. The quartet was based in Stuttgart because of the ties of Hermann Voss and Peter Buck to that city. The quartet remained together until Melcher"s unexpected death on the eve of a planned farewell tour.
Wilhelm Melcher played a violin by Domenico Montagnana (1731).