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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " One day ... my wife and I were walking, and as we passed a second-hand music shop, there in the window stood the one thing which I had wanted to own and play ever since I could remember. There it stood: fat, solid, charming in every way—a tuba! The next thing I knew was that I had bought him, and my wife and I were carrying him across Piccadilly Circus in the pouring rain. At home we gave him a nice bath and a rub. For the next three days I produced a series of noises so dreadful and so sordid that a rumor went about in the neighborhood that we were keeping a live elephant in the bath. But on the fourth day I was able to make some quite nice noises ... Gerard Hoffnung (1925—59) Music Club, BBC broadcast, 1954 " Arrangers and composers through the agesMany 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. Matthias Maute (1963-still alive 2003; age ca. 40); Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941; age 62); John Ireland (1879-1962; age 82); Rhené-Bâton (1879-1940; age 61); Nikolay Nikolayevitch Lodyzhensky (1843-1916; age 73); Asger Hamerik (1843-1923; age 80); Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843-1900; age 57); Hermann Schröder (2) (1843-1909; age 65); Michael Daugherty (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Beat Furrer (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Arturo Rodas (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Alma Schindler|Mahler (1879-1964; age 85); Peter van Anrooy (1879-1954; age 75); Herbert Hamilton Harty (1879-1941; age 61); Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936; age 56); John Reager (1963-still alive 2003; age ca. 40); Tobias Picker (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Carl Vine (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922; age ca. 79); Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907; age 64); Pablo Martin Melinton Sarasate de Navasquez (1844-1908; age 64); Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908; age 64); Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937; age 93); Steve Markowitz (1963-still alive 2003; age ca. 40); Lansing McLoskey (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); David Dzubay (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Augusta Read Thomas (1964-still alive 2003; age ca. 39); Otto Olsson (1879-1964; age 84); Carl Bohm (1844-1920; age ca. 76); Andreas Hallén (1844-1925; age ca. 81); Alvaro Cordero (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Jeff Talman (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Thomas Demenga (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); William Webster-Garman (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Joel-Francois Durand (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Jean Cras (1879-1932; age ca. 53); Natanael Berg (1879-1957; age ca. 78); Maurice Delage (1879-1961; age 81); Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879-1953; age ca. 74); Frank Bridge (1879-1941; age 61); Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900; age ca. 56); Eugène Gigout (1844-1925; age 81); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in The Midlands wedding music repertoire] [About The Midlands] [About music in The Midlands] [About Wedding Venues] [About Wedding Ceremonies registrars, ministers and music] [About other kinds of music such as jazz or folk] [Frequently Asked Questions FAQs] [Ensembles1] [Ensembles2] [Ensembles3] [Ensembles4] [Links] [Home Page] |