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David Soyer (1923-2010)

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Marc Myers
Mar 01, 2010
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David Soyer, the founding cellist of the regal Guarneri String Quartet who also appeared on many jazz and pop record dates in the 1940s and 1950s, including Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin, died on February 25th at his home in New York. He was 87.

David was best known in the classical world as a sublime cellist whose robust bowing technique and warm vibra…

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