biography
| name: |
Schneider, Alexander
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pronunciation:
[shniyder]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1908–93)
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| biography:
| Violinist, born in Vilnius, E Lithuania. He had an orchestral career before fleeing the Nazis to the USA in 1933. He played chamber music, taught, and conducted widely, but is best remembered as second violin of the Budapest Quartet. |
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