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
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