Arthur Winograd (April 22, 1920 – April 22, 2010) was the music director of the

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and the founding cellist of the

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"Arthur Winograd, Hartford Symphony Music Director, Dies at 90"
''The New York Times'', April 27, 2010. Born in

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, Winograd studied at the

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and the

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before founding the Juilliard quartet in 1946. He died from

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''All Things Strings''
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on his 90th birthday.

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