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Article: Siegmund Nissel; Violinist For Amadeus String Quartet
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- The Washington Post
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- May 23, 2008
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Siegmund Nissel, 86, a German-born violinist with the Amadeus
String Quartet, a much-recorded and admired chamber group that
played both sides of the Atlantic for four decades, died May 21 at
his home in London. The family did not disclose the cause of death.
The British-based quartet was formed in 1947 by lead violinist
Norbert Brainin and violist Peter Schidlof, Austrians who had bonded
over their love of music while in refugee camps in England during
World War II.
"Sigi" Nissel, also an interned refugee, became second violinist,
and British cellist Martin Lovett rounded out the group.
The Amadeus String Quartet gave more than 4,000 concerts and made
about 200 recordings until it ...