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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  Entry of the violinists, dancing... Stage direction in a dirertissement by Lullv and Moliere "

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.

Woody Norvell (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Claude Engel (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Dan Welcher (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Tommy Fowler (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861; age 66); Paul Dukas (1865-1935; age 69); Albéric Magnard (1865-1914; age 49); Carl Nielsen (1865-1931; age 66); Paul Lincke (1866-1946; age 79); Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866-1901; age 34); Saverio Rafaele Mercadante (1795-1870; age 75); Franz Berwald (1796-1868; age 71); Carl Loewe (1796-1869; age 72); Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867; age 71); Franz Schubert (1) (1797-1828; age 31); Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848; age 50); Claude Vivier (1948-1983; age ca. 35); Ottokar Eugen Novacek (1866-1900; age 33); Francesco Cilea (1866-1950; age 84); Stéphane Roy (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Shigeru Kan-no (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Vladimír Franz (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Abraham Walker (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Stephen Brown (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Pavel Kopecky (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Shulamit Ran (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Jacques-François Halévy (1799-1862; age 62); Aleksey Nikolayevitch Verstovsky (1799-1862; age 63); Year 1800; Ronald Caltabiano (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Erkki Sven Tüür (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni (1866-1924; age 58); Erik Satie (1866-1925; age 59); Enrique Granados y Campina (1867-1916; age 48); Leó Festetics (1800-1884; age 84); Vicenzo Bellini (1801-1835; age 33); Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801-1857; age 56); Joseph Lanner (1801-1843; age 42); Vladimir Tosic (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Roussi Tarmakov (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Amy Marcy Beach (1867-1944; age 77);

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