Claus Adam

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The Juilliard String Quartet in 1963.Left to right: Robert Mann, Isidore Cohen, Claus Adam, Raphael Hillyer
The Juilliard String Quartet in 1963.
Left to right: Robert Mann, Isidore Cohen, Claus Adam, Raphael Hillyer

Claus Adam (November 5, 1917 – July 4, 1983) was an influential American cellist and cello teacher. 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.[1][2]

Adam lived in Indonesia until he was six. His father, Tassilo Adam, was an ethnologist there. He then went to Europe and studied in Salzburg. In 1929 he went to the USA.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Adam, Claus; Austin Clarkson (1980-11-19). Claus Adam. Recollections of Stefan Wolpe by former students and friends. Evergreen State College. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
  2. ^ Juilliard String Quartet - 40th Anniversary Residency of the at the Library of Congress. Juilliard String Quartet. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
  3. ^ Wierzbicki, James, "Adam, Claus" in Hitchcock, H. Wiley and Stanley Sadie, ed, The New Grove Dictionary of AMerican Music. (New York: MacMillan, 1986) p. 4
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