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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 general principles of playing together, as epitomized in the string quartet, would seem fairly obvious: style, homogeneity, and the happy blending of the individual players’ distinctive qualities. it is naturally more satisfying to listen to a professional group than to four chance artists who play without quartet style, because an interpretation is alive and interesting only when subserved by a highly developed understanding and subtlety of ensemble. "

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.

James Dillon (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Richard Cooke (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865; age 51); Mihaly Mosonyi (1814-1870; age ca. 56); Josephine Lang (1815-1880; age 65); Andrew Ladd (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Jos (Jozef Johannes Helena) Smeets (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894; age 24); Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939; age 69); Louis Vierne (1870-1937; age 66); Robert Volkmann (1815-1883; age 68); Robert Franz (1815-1892; age 77); William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875; age 58); Johannes Verhulst (1816-1891; age 74); John David Thomas (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); George Tsontakis (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Klaas Eldering (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Vilhelm Eugene Stenhammar (1871-1927; age 56); Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942; age 70); Adolphe Biarent (1871-1916; age ca. 45); Oreste Ravanello (1871-1938; age ca. 67); Aaron Jay Kernis (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Jacob ter Veldhuis (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Curtis Roads (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Alvert Ellmenreich (1816-1905; age ca. 89); Niels Vilhelm Gade (1817-1890; age 73); Henry Charles Litolff (1818-1891; age 72); Charles Gounod (1818-1893; age 75); Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897; age 78); Jostein Stalheim (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); William Maxwell (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Reine Jönsson (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Guy Cuyvers (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937; age 65); Theodor Kullak (1818-1882; age 63); Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880; age 61); Volker Blumenthaler (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); John Carbon (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Arrigo Barnabé (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); David Froom (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Elliott Sharp (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko (1872-1956; age 83);

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