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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  That instrument of mixed sex ... this hermaphrodite of theorchestra. Thomas Beecham (1879—1961) A Mingled Chime, 1944 "

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.

Wilhelm Olof Peterson-Berger (1867-1942; age 75); Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867-1945; age 77); Charles Koechlin (1867-1950; age 83); Steven Finch (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Eric Funk (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Christopher Rouse (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801-1866; age ca. 65); Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801-1851; age 49); Bernhard Molique (1802-1869; age ca. 67); Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870; age 68); Hector Berlioz (1803-1869; age 65); Mehmet Aktug (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Zlata Razdolina (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); David Hönigsberg (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Dev Dosaj (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano (1867-1948; age 81); Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803-1856; age 52); Franz Lachner (1803-1890; age 86); Kevin Volans (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Poul Ruders (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Jane Brockman (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Howard Sandroff (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Wayne Peppercorn (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Jules Mouquet (1867-1946; age ca. 79); Frantisek Drdla (1868-1944; age ca. 76); Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946; age 78); Scott Joplin (1868-1917; age 48); Vittorio Monti (1868-1922; age 54); Michael (Mikhael) Glinka (1804-1857; age 52); Jeanne-Louise Farrenc-Dumont (1804-1875; age ca. 71); Johann Strauss Sr. (1804-1849; age 45); Fanny Cécile Mendelssohn|Hensel (1805-1847; age 41); Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio Arriaga y Balzola (1806-1826; age 19); Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856; age 50); PDQ Bach (1807-1742; age ca. -65); José Vianna da Motta (1868-1948; age 80); Mark Gustavson (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Norbert Wissing (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Steve Martland (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Robert Scott Thompson (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Edward P. Mascari (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Fred Frith (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54);

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