Claus Adam
Sign in to saveAmerican cellist, teacher and composer (1917-1983)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 1983
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Elegia (1983) for string quartet
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
guitar
Discography
- Nursery Rhymes, Rock2008
- Indie Rock2009
- Acoustic Nu Folk, Lifestyle 22009
- 21st Century Rock2012
- Jaunty Swing2020
- Octane Road2021
- Pacific Highway2021
- Bad to the Bone2021
- Arts and Crafts2021
- Octane Rock2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12
- Total plays
- 75
Tags
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Claus Adam (November 5, 1917 – July 4, 1983) was an influential American cellist and cello teacher as well as a composer. His music teachers include Emanuel Feuermann (cello), Stefan Wolpe (composition), and Leon Barzin (conducting)[1] He served as the second cellist of the Juilliard String Quartet, replacing Arthur Winograd in 1955. Joel Krosnick, a former student of his, replaced him as cellist of the quartet in 1974.[2][3] He devoted the last decade of his life primarily to musical compositio
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Adam
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indonesia
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- music educator
- Instrument
- cello
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- date of birth
- 1917-11-05
- date of death
- 1983-07-04
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