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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  In came a fiddler—and tuned like fifty stomach-aches. Charles Dickens (1812—70) A Christnzas Carol, 1843 "

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.

David Garner (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Sergio Parotti (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Eduardo Alonso-Crespo (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Vladimír Godár (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Johann Baptist Krumpholz (1745-1790; age 44); Bill (G.W.) Hopkins (1943-1981; age 37); Michèle Reverdy (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Maestro Ilaiyaraaja (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Gavin Bryars (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Anthony Iannaccone (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); João de Sousa Carvalho (1745-1798; age ca. 53); Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921; age 67); Ernest Chausson (1855-1899; age 44); Anatolii Lyadov (1855-1914; age 59); George Edwuard Bonsor Saint Martin (1855-1930; age ca. 75); Julius Röntgen (1855-1932; age 77); James Hook (1746-1827; age ca. 81); Ivan Evstaf'evich Khandoshkin (1746-1804; age ca. 58); Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822; age ca. 75); Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800; age 53); Leopold Kozeluh (1747-1818; age 70); Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1798; age 49); Mariano Etkin (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Sergey Taneyev (1856-1915; age 58); Stevan Mokranjac (1856-1914; age 58); Daniel Dorff (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Sally Beamish (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Thierry Pallesco (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); David Matthews (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Faradj Karayev (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); François Dompierre (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Jerry Hunt (1943-1993; age 49); Francesco Azopardi (1748-1809; age 60); Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801; age 51); Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792; age ca. 42); Jan Willem van Dormolen (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Michel Dalle Ave (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47); Christian Sinding (1856-1941; age 85); Edward Elgar (1857-1934; age 76); Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919; age 62); Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813; age 63); Antonio Salieri (1750-1825; age 74);

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