The term "to play second fiddle" is commonly taken to indicate inferiority. There was certainly nothing inferior in the playing of Siegmund Nissel, who was second violin in the Amadeus Quartet, the ...

String Quartet No.1 in G, K.80: 1. Adagio String Quartet No.1 in G, K.80: 2. Allegro String Quartet No.1 in G, K.80: 3. Menuetto String Quartet No.1 in G, K.80: 4 ...

After the disbanding in 1987 of the celebrated Amadeus String Quartet, in which he played second fiddle, the violinist Siegmund Nissel said: "What brought us together was the absolute love for this ...

String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387: I. Allegro vivace assai String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387: II. Menuetto String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387: III. Andante cantabile String Quartet ...

The cellist Martin Lovett, who has died aged 93 after contracting Covid-19, acted as the musical conscience of the Amadeus String Quartet. When the playing of his three colleagues – all of whom were ...

LONDON (JTA) — Martin Lovett, a British cellist and the last surviving member of the world renowned Amadeus String Quartet, died in London on April 29 after contracting COVID-19. He was 93. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The outpouring of recognition, condolence and grief that the death of Siegmund Nissel, second violinist of the ...

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Mr. Lovett played cello in the celebrated ensemble, which performed together for 40 years. He died of complications of the novel coronavirus. By David Allen The Amadeus, a string quartet of ...