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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 gentlemen in private meeting . . . played three, four and five parts with viols . . . and they esteemed a violin to be an instrument only belonging to a common fiddler, and could not endure that it should come among them for fear of making their meetings to be vain and fiddling. Anthony Wood (1632—95) Antiquities, 1674 "

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.

Joseph Waters (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882; age 60); Theodor Kirchner (1823-1903; age 80); Edouard Lalo (1823-1892; age 69); Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen (1823-1874; age 50); Stefan Hakenberg (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Aldo Brizzi (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Daron Hagen (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Joseph Jongen (1873-1953; age 79); Déodat de Séverac (1873-1921; age 47); Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens (1823-1881; age 58); Carl Reinecke (1824-1910; age 85); Anton Bruckner (1824-1896; age 72); Roger Bourland (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Philippe Manoury (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Archimedes Ramond (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Wolfgang Rihm (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (1874-1956; age 81); Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874-1953; age 78); Oscar Nedbal (1874-1930; age ca. 56); Olallo Morales (1874-1957; age ca. 83); Gustav Holst (1874-1934; age 59); James V. Signorile (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884; age 60); Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899; age 73); Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917; age ca. 91); Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864; age 37); John Thomas (1826-1913; age ca. 87); Edmond Dédé (1827-1903; age ca. 76); Michael Torke (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Petri Kuljuntausta (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Marc-Andre Dalbavie (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Mark R. (Richard Bush) Taylor (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Mike Edgerton (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827-1885; age 57); Alexander Levkovich (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Gerhard Fischer-Münster (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Kaija Saariaho (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Karl Boelter (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Maud Sauer (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Strauss (1827-1870; age 42); Charles Ives (1874-1954; age 79);

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