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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 his quartet, From My Life :1 A work which in a sense is private, and therefore written for four instruments which should converse together in an intimate circle about the things which so deeply trouble me. Nothing more. Bedrich Smetana (1824—84) Quoted in Cardus, The Delights of.i4usic, 1966 "

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.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893; age 53); Oskar Rieding (1840-1918; age ca. 78); Johan Severin Svendsen (1840-1911; age 70); Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904; age 62); Carl Tausig (1841-1871; age 29); Michael Abels (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Andersen Viana (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Jonathan Elliott (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Joe Monzo (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Alex Shapiro (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Emmanuel Alexis Chabrier (1841-1894; age 53); William Copper (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Randol Alan Bass (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Joel Hoffman (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Franklin Stover (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Bramwell Tovey (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Elfrida Andrée (1841-1927; age ca. 86); Gabriel Dupont (1878-1914; age 36); Emiel Hullebroeck (1878-1965; age 87); Constantino Gaito (1878-1945; age ca. 67); Selim Palmgren (1878-1951; age 73); André Caplet (1878-1925; age 46); Apollon Selivyorstovitch Gussakovsky (1841-1875; age ca. 34); Carl Zeller (1842-1898; age 56); Karl Millöcker (1842-1899; age 57); Rikard Nordraak (1842-1866; age 23); Jules Massenet (1842-1912; age 70); Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912; age 70); Chiel Meijering (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1878-1949; age 71); Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957; age 78); André van Haren (1963-still alive 2003; age ca. 40); Graham Fitkin (1963-still alive 2003; age ca. 40); Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (1963-still alive 2003; age ca. 40); Sinan Carter Savaskan (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Robert Kramer (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Silvie Bodorová (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Vladimir Djambazov (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900; age 58); Arrigo Enrico Boito (1842-1918; age 76); Calixa Lavallée (1842-1891; age 48); Nick Peros (1963-still alive 2003; age ca. 40);

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