Licco Amar (4 December 1891 – 19 July 1959) was a Hungarian violinist.

Life

Born in

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, Amar was the child of the merchant Michael Amar and Regina Strakosch, who came from

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. Amar studied with

Emil Baré Emil Baré, real name Emil Barach (8 September 1870 – 29 March 1943) was a Hungarian violinist. Life Baré was born in Vienna from History of the Jews in Hungary, Hungarian Jewish parents. His father was Sigmund Barach (b. 1842), and his mot ...

at the

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in his native city and in 1911 he went to Berlin to study at the

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with

Henri Marteau Henri Marteau (31 March 1874 – 3 October 1934) was a French violinist and composer. Life and career Marteau's debut was made when he was 10 at a concert given by the Vienna Philharmonic Society conducted by Hans Richter. A tour through Switze ...

. From 1912 to 1924, Marteau accepted him as second violinist in his

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, in which the cellist

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also played. In 1912, Amar received the

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. He became

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German language, German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (UK) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the Conducting, conductor, the concertma ...

of the

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from 1916 to 1920 and changed to the

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from 1920 to 1923. His own string quartet, which he had founded in 1922 as the

Amar Quartet The Amar Quartet, also known as the Amar-Hindemith Quartet, was a musical ensemble founded by the composer Paul Hindemith in 1921 in Germany. The quartet was active in both classical and modern repertoire until disbanding in 1933. It performed for ...

, included

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

as violist and, temporarily until its dissolution in 1929, Walter Kaspar,

Rudolf Hindemith Rudolf Hindemith, since 1951 officially Paul Quest, pseudonym Hans Lofer (9 January 19007 October 1974) was a German cellist, composer and conductor. He was solo cellist of the Vienna State Opera, and played chamber music in the Amar Quartet. He ...

. For Hindemith's compositions, who dedicated the Sonata op. 31,1 to him, he arranged several world premieres, e.g. at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, and Maurits Frank. He also supported the composer

Erich Walter Sternberg Erich Walter Sternberg (; May 31, 1891, in Berlin – December 15, 1974, in Tel Aviv) was a German-born Israeli composer. He was one of the founders of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.Hirshberg: ''Music in the Jewish Community of Palestine 1880� ...

. In 1925 he and Emmy Matterstock married. After the 1933 seizure of power by the Nazis, he could no longer work in Germany for racist reasons, emigrated to France and from there in 1934 to Turkey, where he was able to teach at the conservatory in Ankara for twenty years from 1935. In 1957 he received an engagement by the

Hochschule für Musik Freiburg The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ("University of Music Freiburg or Freiburg Conservatory of Music") is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music. ...

. Amar died in

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at the age of 68.

: ''Große jüdische National-Biographie''. Kraus Reprint, Nendeln 1979, (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Czernowitz 1925). Vol. 7, . * Arnold Reisman: ''Post-Ottoman Turkey : classical European music & opera''. (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Czernowitz 1925). Vol. 7, . * Angelika Rieber: ''"Hier gibt es eine Welt aufzubauen." Biographisches zu dem Geiger Licco Amar'', in Hindemith-Jahrbuch, Mainz 2009. * Berliner Philharmoniker: ''Variationen mit Orchester – 125 Jahre Berliner Philharmoniker''.Variationen mit Orchester : 125 Jahre Berliner Philharmoniker''
on WorldCat vol. 2, Biografien und Konzerte, Verlag Henschel, May 2007,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amar, Licco 1891 births 1959 deaths Hungarian violinists Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to France Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Concertmasters Musicians from Budapest

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