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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 purity of quartet style demands the absolute subjection of virtuosity to the music, and while the best technical equipment is not too good for it, the skill of the player will be tested rather by his treatment of a passage in relation to the rest of the parts than by any outstanding brilliance of execution. It is well known that the great violinist is not necessarily a successful quartet player; his individualistic vitality, noble though it be, may disrupt the spirit of ensemble music. "

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.

Hans Rott (1858-1884; age 25); Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924; age 65); Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931; age 72); Adrian Williams (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Margriet Verbeek (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944; age 60); Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920; age 35); Floro Manuel Ugarte (1884-1975; age 90); Thorsten Wollmann (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); Stephen Lias (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); Michael Glenn Williams (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); David Lang (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Jeffery Cotton (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Frank van der Stucken (1858-1929; age 70); Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924; age 64); Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935; age 75); Victor Herbert (1859-1924; age ca. 65); Juan María Solare (1966-still alive 2003; age ca. 37); P. Kellach Waddle (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36); Amos Elkana (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36); Felipe Boero (1884-1954; age ca. 70); Arthur Meulemans (1884-1966; age 82); Ida Georgina Moberg (1859-ca. 1929; age ca. 70); Ignacy Paderewski (1860-1941; age 80); Gustav Mahler (1860-1911; age 50); Richard Strunk (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Huba de Graaff (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Charles Roland Berry (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Rolf Wallin (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Anders Johan Ture Rangström (1884-1947; age 62); Rafael Peacan del Sar (1884-ca. 1954; age ca. 70); Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961; age 75); Alban Berg (1885-1935; age 50); Alfredo Schiuma (1885-1963; age ca. 78); Donald Bousted (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek (1860-1945; age 85); William Wallace (1860-1940; age ca. 80); Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909; age 48); Hugo Wolf (1860-1903; age 42); Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956; age 95); Victor Ewald (1860-1935; age 74); Mikel Kuehn (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36);

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