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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  I live by twa trades, sir ... fiddle, sir, and spade; filling the world, and emptying of it. Walter Scott (1771—1832) The Bride of Lammermoor, 1819 "

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.

Jason Uechi (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Roxanna Panufnik (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Pawel Lukaszewski (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Charles Coleman (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Tim Ewers (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Gregg Wager (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Igor Panov (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Michel Lysight (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Richard Strauss (1864-1949; age 85); Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935; age 71); Simon Wickham-Smith (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Willem Andriessen (1887-1964; age ca. 77); Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936; age 48); Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974; age ca. 87); Heino Eller (1887-1970; age 83); Alexander Tikhonovitch Gretchaninov (1864-1956; age 91); Gustav Uwe Jenner (1865-1920; age ca. 55); Auguste De Boeck (1865-1937; age 72); Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936; age 70); Jean Sibelius (1865-1957; age 91); Simon Holt (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Magnus Lindberg (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Rudi Stephan (1887-1915; age 28); Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887-1947; age 60); Josef Jonsson (1887-1969; age ca. 82); Geoffrey Gordon (1968-still alive 2003; age ca. 35); Shueh-Shuan Liu (1969-still alive 2003; age ca. 34); Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Tim Knight (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); James MacMillan (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Paul Dukas (1865-1935; age 69); Albéric Magnard (1865-1914; age 49); Carl Nielsen (1865-1931; age 66); Paul Lincke (1866-1946; age 79); Bill Brown (1969-still alive 2003; age ca. 34); Alexander Vynograd (1969-still alive 2003; age ca. 34); Keith Denning (1969-still alive 2003; age ca. 34); Luis Abraham Delgadillo (1887-1961; age 74); Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955; age ca. 68); Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866-1901; age 34); Ottokar Eugen Novacek (1866-1900; age 33);

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