The music of Joseph Lauber is known to bassists thanks to his double bass quartet, a significant work in the history of the quartet medium. Composed in June 1942 for the bass quartet of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, this important four movement work, alongside the quartets by Bernhard Alt (1903-1945), Arcady Dubensky (1890- 1966) and Th.A. Findeisen (1881-1936) a decade earlier, demonstrate the many possibilities and great potential of the bass quartet.