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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  In came a fiddler—and tuned like fifty stomach-aches. Charles Dickens (1812—70) A Christnzas Carol, 1843 "

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.

Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983; age 90); Thomas Nassi (1892-1964; age 72); Oscar van Hemel (1892-1981; age 88); Slawomir Zamuszko (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Peter Machajdik (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Matthew Fields (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Albert William Ketelby (1875-1959; age 84); Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962; age 86); Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952; age 76); Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912; age 37); Walter Courvoisier (1875-1931; age ca. 56); Lera Auerbach (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Anthony Lanman (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Avior Byron (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Fred Jonny Berg (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Juliëtte (Lili) Boulanger (1893-1918; age 24); Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940; age 64); Héctor (Ettore) Panizza (1875-1967; age 92); Lowell Liebermann (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Hanna Kulenty (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Janet Owen Thomas (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Giorgio Colombo Taccani (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Alain De Ley (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Rued Immanuel Langgård (1893-1952; age 58); Douglas Moore (1893-1969; age 75); Eugene Goossens (1893-1962; age 69); Dom Paul Benoit (1893-1979; age ca. 86); Federico Mompou (1893-1987; age 94); Maurice Ravel (1875-1937; age 62); Mikalojus Ciurlionis (1875-1911; age 35); Arturo Luzzatti (1875-1959; age ca. 84); Manuel de Falla (1876-1946; age 69); Carl Ruggles (1876-1971; age 95); Pablo Casals (1876-1973; age ca. 97); William Havergal Brian (1876-1972; age 96); Jean Absil (1893-1974; age 80); Dennis DeSantis (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Ioannis Kourtis (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Henry Kelder (1973-still alive 2003; age ca. 30); Jonathan Bailey Holland (1974-still alive 2003; age ca. 29); Piotr Grella-Mozejko (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Rudolf Zaras (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42);

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