Amar Quartet

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The Amar Quartet was a pioneering early 20th-century string quartet known for championing modernist repertoire and featuring composer-violist Paul Hindemith among its members.

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instanceOf string quartet
activeInCentury 20th century
activeInPeriod early 20th century
associatedWith Paul Hindemith
Weimar Republic musical culture
basedIn Germany
country Germany
genre chamber music
string quartet music
hasMember Licco Amar
Paul Hindemith
Rudolf Hindemith
Walter Caspar
hasPart cello
viola
violin
instrumentation two violins, viola, and cello
movement musical modernism
namedAfter Licco Amar
notableFor championing modernist repertoire
performing contemporary music of the early 20th century
performing works by Paul Hindemith
performing works by contemporary German composers
pioneering interpretations of new music in the Weimar-era musical scene
notableMember Paul Hindemith
performerOf modernist string quartets
positionHeld Licco Amar – first violinist
Paul Hindemith – violist
Rudolf Hindemith – cellist
Walter Caspar – second violinist
workField music performance

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Paul Hindemith memberOf Amar Quartet