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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 manner of the conveyance of sounds, which is as it were the basis of music, is unintelligible. For what can be more strange, than that the rubbing of a little Hair and Cat-gut together, should make such a mighty alteration in a Man that sits at a distance? Jeremy Collier (1650—1726) 4n Essay ofMus irk, 1702 "

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.

Guiseppe Gariboldi (1833-1905; age 72); Clément Loret (1833-1909; age ca. 76); Alexander Borodin (1833-1887; age 53); Alphonse Jean Ernest Mailly (1833-1918; age ca. 85); Johannes Brahms (1833-1897; age 63); Hanna Kulenty (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Janet Owen Thomas (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Giorgio Colombo Taccani (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Alain De Ley (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Maurice Ravel (1875-1937; age 62); Albert Heinrich Zabel (1834-1910; age ca. 76); Blodek Vilem (1834-1874; age 39); Michael Gees (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); David Leisner (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Peter Lewis (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Danny Elfman (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Jan Achterkamp (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Mikalojus Ciurlionis (1875-1911; age 35); Arturo Luzzatti (1875-1959; age ca. 84); Manuel de Falla (1876-1946; age 69); Carl Ruggles (1876-1971; age 95); Pablo Casals (1876-1973; age ca. 97); Tekla Badarcewska-Baranowska (1834-1861; age ca. 27); Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886; age 51); Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921; age 86); Peter Benoit (1835-1901; age 65); Felix Draeseke (1835-1913; age 77); Henri Wieniawski (1835-1880; age 44); Eduard Strauss (1835-1916; age 81); William Havergal Brian (1876-1972; age 96); Piotr Grella-Mozejko (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Rudolf Zaras (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Gordon Kerry (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Hakan Olsson (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Arthur Levering (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Peter Child (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Christos Hatzis (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); François Clément Théodore Dubois (1837-1924; age 86); Milii Balakirev (1837-1910; age 73); César Antonowich Cui (1835-1918; age 83); Johan Adam Krygell (1835-1915; age 80); Mary Finsterer (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41);

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