Jost Raba ( 17 August 1900 – 12 February 2000) was a German violinist and

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Life

Raba was born in 1900 as the son of a sales representative and his wife in

Freising Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000. Location Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Is ...

. He attended high school in Augsburg and studied at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

. From 1917 to 1920 he was taught by Johann Slunicko in Augsburg. From 1920 to 1925, he studied violin with Alexander Petschnikoff and

Felix Berber Karl Heinrich Felix Berber (11 March 1871 – 2 November 1930) was a German violinist. Life Born in Jena, Berber was the youngest child of music and art-loving parents. He spent the first part of his childhood in Weimar, where the family moved ...

at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Munich The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater München), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is ...

. Danach wurde er Lehrer für Violine und

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am Städtischen Konservatorium in Augsburg. Außerdem war er solistisch und kammermusikalisch tätig, among others with the Raba Quartet (1924–1934) and in the

Strub Quartet The Strub-Quartett was a well-known German string quartet from Berlin (1929–1945) and Detmold (1945–1965), named after primarius Max Strub. History The first Strub Quartet was formed from the chamber orchestra of Edwin Fischer and was suppo ...

(1934–1938). From 1932 to 1935 he worked freelance. In 1935 he became 1st

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signif ...

with the orchestra of the

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. In 1942 he took over a full-time teaching position or professorship at the

Universität der Künste Berlin The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universit ...

. In 1946 he took over a professorship at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Munich. His students included

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among others. Raba, a Roman Catholic, was married and lived in

Murnau am Staffelsee Murnau am Staffelsee is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany. The market originated in the 12th century around Murnau Castle. Murnau is on the edge of the Bavarian Alps, about sou ...

. His son (born in 1936) is a photographer.

Writings

* ''Fundamentale Violintechnik. Eine Sammlung von Meisteretüden mit Beiträgen aus der Violin-Methodik''.''Fundamentale Violintechnik. Eine Sammlung von Meisteretüden mit Beiträgen aus der Violin-Methodik''
on WorldCat edited with Franz Moser. Hieber, Munich 1953.

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Raba, Jost
on BMLO * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raba, Jost 1900 births 2000 deaths People from Freising German classical violinists German male classical violinists Concertmasters Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts 20th-century German male musicians

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