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

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Paul Hindemith memberOf Amar Quartet