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Tree, Michael, 1934-2018

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Personal name headingTree, Michael, 1934-2018
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Variant(s)Applebaum, Michael, 1934-2018
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Guarneri Quartet
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Birth date1934-02-19
Death date2018-03-30
Place of birthNewark (N.J.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityViola--Performance
Profession or occupationViola players
Found inBrahms, J. Viola sonatas [SR] p1982: label (Michael Tree, viola)
New Grove dictionary of American music, 1986: v. 2, p. 295 (Michael Tree; b. Feb. 19, 1934, Newark, NJ; viola)
The New York times website, Apr. 3, 2018: obituary published Apr. 2, 2018 (
Michael Tree; born Michael Applebaum on Feb. 19, 1934 in Newark; d. Friday [Mar. 30, 2018], Manhattan, N.Y.; his wife said he adopted the last name Tree at the suggestion of Efrem Zimbalist, his principal teacher at Curtis; founding member of the Guarneri String Quartet, 1960s-2009)