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Article: Violinist with Amadeus Quartet dies at 86
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- May 23, 2008
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Siegmund Nissel, a violinist who fled his native Germany as a child to escape Nazi persecution of Jews and later helped found the Amadeus String Quartet, has died at age 86.
Nissel died Wednesday at his home in London, his daughter Claire Nissel said. She didn't disclose a cause of death.
Nissel, violinist Norbert Brainin and violist Peter Schildof escaped from the Nazis and formed a deep, enduring friendship when they were in an internment camp on the Isle of Man in Britain during World War II. The fourth was British cellist Martin Lovett.
Nissel was second violinist in the chamber group, which played more than 4,000 concerts. In addition to playing the works of ...