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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  [Of quartets:] You listen to four sensible persons conversing, you profit from their discourse, and you get to know the peculiar properties of their several instruments. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749—1832) Quoted in Barzun (ed), Pleasures ofMusü; 1952 "

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.

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924; age 79); Valentina Semyonova Serova-Bergman (1846-1924; age ca. 78); Marie Jaëll (1846-1925; age 78); Philipp Scharwenka (1847-1917; age 70); Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847-1907; age 59); Cyril Scott (1879-1970; age 91); Roger Arve Vigulf (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Elliott Goldkind (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Jordi Vives i Batlle (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); David Arditti (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Andrew Violette (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Robert Greenberg (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Judith Weir (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Jonathan Berger (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Timothy Kucij (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935; age 87); Ignacio Cervantes (1847-1905; age ca. 58); Peter Wallin (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968; age 87); Healey Willan (1880-1968; age 87); Pascual De Rogatis (1880-1980; age ca. 100); Robert Stolz (1880-1975; age 94); Robert Fuchs (1847-1927; age 80); Johannes Haarklou (1847-1925; age 78); Fritz Seitz (1848-1918; age ca. 70); Robert Planquette (1848-1903; age 54); Henri Duparc (1848-1933; age 85); Silvie Bodorová (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Gilles Raynal (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951; age 71); William Harold Leigh-Sharpe (1880-ca. 1950; age ca. 70); Ernest Bloch (1880-1959; age 78); Luca Belcastro (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Dominy Clements (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Douglas Weiland (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Peter Coukis (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Mack Wilberg (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Theodorus Hendricus Hubertus Verhey (1848-1929; age 80); Otto Malling (1848-1915; age ca. 67); Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918; age 70); Richard Eilenberg (1848-1927; age ca. 79); Ian Wilson (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39);

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