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LICCO AMAR (BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, DECEMBER 4, 1891 – FREIBURG, GERMANY, JULY 19, 1959)

 

 

 

 

Licco Amar was the child of Macedonian merchant Michael Amar and Regina Strakosch. First he studied with Emil Baré at the Music Academy of his native city, then under Henri Marteau at the College of Music in Berlin. From 1912 to 1924 Henri Marteau took him on as second violinist in his string quartet. In 1912 He received the Mendelssohn Prize. From 1916 to 1920 he became concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker and changed from 1920 to 1923 to the National Theater in Mannheim. In 1922 he organized the Amar Quartet, which included Paul Hindemith, and was active until 1929 in the promotion of contemporary music. The composer dedicated his sonata Op. 31, No. 1 to him. He also promoted the composer Erich Walter Sternberg. In 1925 he married to Emmy Matterstock. Since 1933 the Nazi regime ruled Germany. As to being Jewish he was no longer able to work in Germany and emigrated to France and from there to Turkey, where from 1935 he was able to teach for twenty years at the Ankara Conservatory. In 1957 he taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Sonata in C minor (Bach) Siciliano… Adagio with Günther Ramin Cembalo Decca LY6013 87bs A, LY6013 88bs B

Sonate D-Dur Sarabande und Allegro (Jean-Marie Leclair) with Günther Ramin Cembalo Grammophon 19871 B69077

Sonate D-Dur Tambourin (Jean-Marie Leclair) with Günther Ramin Cembalo Grammophon 19871 B69078

Sonate e-moll Allegro con fuoco (Francesco Veracini) with Günther Ramin Cembalo Grammophon 19870 B69076

Sonate e-moll Ritornell (Francesco Veracini) with Günther Ramin Cembalo Grammophon 19870 B69075

 

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.95 “Serious”; rec.1927 (Polydor 66571/4) (matrix n.144/148bi)

The Amar Quartet:

Licco Amar, violin I

Walter Caspar, violin II

Paul Hindemith, viola

Rudolf Hindemith, cello

Allegro con brio

Allegretto ma non troppo

Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso

Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato

 

Paul Hindemith: String Quartet No.4, Op.22; rec.1926 (Polydor 66422/4) (matrix n.429/34 bg)

The Amar Quartet:

Licco Amar, violin I

Walter Caspar, violin II

Paul Hindemith, viola

Rudolf Hindemith, cello

Fugato: Sehr langsame Viertel

Schnelle Achtel, sehr energisch

Ruhige Viertel, stets fliessend

Mässig schnelle Viertel

Rondo: Gemächlich und mit Grazie

 

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No.2, Op.17; World Premiere Recording 1926 (Polydor 66425/8) (matrix n.415/22 bg)

The Amar Quartet:

Licco Amar, violin I

Walter Caspar, violin II

Paul Hindemith, viola

Rudolf Hindemith, cello

Moderato

Allegro molto capriccioso

Lento

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No.23 in F major, K.590; World Premiere Recording 1926 (Polydor 66416/18) (matrix n.409/13 bg)

Amar-Hindemith Quartet

Licco Amar, 1st violin

Walter Caspar, 2nd violin

Paul Hindemith, viola

Rudolf Hindemith, cello

Allegro moderato

Andante

Menuetto. Allegretto

Allegro