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Quotations about the String Quartet

Much has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:-

"  The first requisite for a good ensemble is that each player shall have the sense of the whole. This he can only feel by listening to the others—constantly, whether he knows the music or is reading at sight. With practice, then, he becomes familiar with the other parts and is ready to adjust himself to them or to assert himself so that they can adjust themselves to him, but be can never afford to stop listening. Only by remaining acutely aware of what is being done about him can he be sensitized to the necessary degree "

Arrangers and composers through the ages

Many composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet, which was considered by many of them to be the ‘most perfect ensemble’. Other musical works have been transcribed for the quartet, including orchestral, vocal, and even pop and jazz band pieces. A few examples are given below, as illustration.

Gordon Kerry (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Hakan Olsson (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Mary Finsterer (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951; age 75); Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948; age 72); Musa Gocmen (1974-still alive 2003; age ca. 29); Peter Warlock (1894-1930; age 36); Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950; age 55); Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942; age 48); Paul Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969; age 74); Jens Laurson Emborg (1876-1957; age ca. 81); Louis Aubert (1877-1968; age 90); Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz (1877-1952; age 75); Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933; age 55); Jan Zwart (1877-1937; age 59); Mauro Zuccante (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Roman Pieruzek (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Hanns Wolf (1894-1968; age 74); Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky (1894-1968; age 73); Paul Dessau (1894-1979; age 84); Tarot Conway (1974-still alive 2003; age ca. 29); Barry Paul Horrell (1974-still alive 2003; age ca. 29); Laura Elise Schwendinger (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Alvaro Guevara y Vazquez (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Ludo Geloen (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Roger Quilter (1877-1953; age 75); Jesús Castillo (1877-1946; age 68); Ernö von Dohnányi (1877-1960; age 82); Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944; age ca. 67); Michelle Willis (1974-still alive 2003; age ca. 29); Miguel Angel Botello D'Mendo Boteli (1974-still alive 2003; age ca. 29); Orianna Webb (1974-still alive 2003; age ca. 29); Willem Pijper (1894-1947; age 52); Walter Piston (1894-1976; age 82); Elisabeth Kuyper (1877-1953; age 75); Alexander Gedike (1877-1957; age 80); Franz Schreker (1878-1934; age 55); Michael Abels (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Andersen Viana (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Jonathan Elliott (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Joe Monzo (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen (1895-1980; age 85);

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