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Amadeus String Quartet

LC control no.n 81132328
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML421.A44 Biography
Corporate name headingAmadeus String Quartet
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Variant(s)Amadeus-Quartett
Amadeus Quartet
Strunen kvartet "Amadeus"
Quartetto Amadeus
Quatuor Amadeus
Cuarteto Amadeus
Beginning date1947
Ending date1987
Field of activityMusic
Found inHaydn, J. Quartet in C, op. 76, no. 3 [SR] 1953.
Snowman, D. The Amadeus Quartet, 1981: t.p. (Amadeus Quartet) p. 33 (facsim. of concert poster, July 13, 1947: Brainin String Quartet) p. 35 (renamed Amadeus because Norbert Brainin was not well known, and non-personal names for string quartets were in fashion) p. 36 (facsim. of poster for first concert as Amadeus Quartet, Jan. 10, 1948: Amadeus String Quartet) p. 52 (Strunen kvartet "Amadeus") p. 102 (Quartetto Amadeus)
Mozart, W.A. Eine kleine Nachtmusik [SR] 1984?, p1980: label (Amadeus-Quartett) container (Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, violins; Peter Schidlof, viola; Martin Lovett, violoncello)
British music ybk., 1977-78: p. 482 (Amadeus String Quartet)
New Grove (Amadeus Quartet; English string quartet, founded 1947)
Jacobs, A. Penguin dict. of musical performers, 1991 (Amadeus Quartet; British string quartet; founded 1947, disbanded 1987)
Dict. des interpreĢ€tes, 1995 (Quatuor Amadeus; founded 1947, disbanded 1987)
Schubert, F. Quinteto [SR] p1977: container (Cuarteto Amadeus)