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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  From this did Paganini comb the fierce; Electric sparks, or to tenuity; Pull forth the inmost wailing of the wire; No cat-gut could swoon out so much of soul! Robert Browning (18 12—89) Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, 1873 "

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.

Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951; age 76); Francesco Paolo Neglia (1874-1932; age ca. 58); Josef Suk (1874-1935; age ca. 61); Paul Pierné (1874-1952; age 77); Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897; age ca. 69); Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907; age 77); Horace Poussard (1829-1898; age 69); Heinrich R. Lichner (1829-1898; age ca. 69); Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894; age 64); Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869; age 40); Luis Diego Herra-Rodriguez (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Franz Schmidt (1874-1939; age 64); Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947; age 72); Erik Oña (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Peter Zagar (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Johan S. Riphagen (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Oliver Knussen (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Heiner Goebbels (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Scott Johnson (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); James Horner (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Carl Goldmark (1830-1915; age 84); Marie Auguste Durand (1830-1909; age 78); Karl Ritter (1830-ca. 1900; age ca. 70); Peter Machajdik (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Matthew Fields (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Albert William Ketelby (1875-1959; age 84); Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962; age 86); Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952; age 76); Joseph Joachim (1831-1907; age ca. 76); Ludvig Norman (1831-1885; age ca. 54); Paul Agricole Genin (1832-1903; age 71); Rudolf Bibl (1832-1902; age 70); Paolo Arcà (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); David Warin Solomons (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Johan de Meij (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912; age 37); Walter Courvoisier (1875-1931; age ca. 56); Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940; age 64); Héctor (Ettore) Panizza (1875-1967; age 92); Lowell Liebermann (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Selman Ada (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Carlo Crivelli (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50);

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