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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " The significance of chamber music is that in dealing with the intimate it can attain to the ineffable. Chamber music conceives itself as a world of sound that has external boundaries but no internal ones. Hans Werner Henze (1926— Music and Politics, 1982,’Instrumental Composition’, 1963 " Arrangers and composers through the agesMany 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. Gioseffo Ferdinando Bertoni (1725-1813; age 88); Johann George Tromlitz (1725-1805; age 79); Charles Burney (1726-1814; age 88); Pasquale Anfossi (1727-1797; age ca. 70); Tomas Svoboda (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Robert Planquette (1848-1903; age 54); Henri Duparc (1848-1933; age 85); Silvie Bodorová (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Gilles Raynal (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Douglas Weiland (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Heinz Holliger (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Oleg Felzer (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Andrew Rudin (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Barbara Kolb (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779; age 52); Claude-Benigne Balbastre (1727-1799; age 72); Henri Hardouin (1727-1808; age ca. 81); Peter Coukis (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Mack Wilberg (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Theodorus Hendricus Hubertus Verhey (1848-1929; age 80); Otto Malling (1848-1915; age ca. 67); Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918; age 70); Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789; age ca. 62); Nicoló Piccinni (1728-1800; age 72); Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804; age 75); Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729-1817; age 87); Frank Zappa (1940-1993; age 52); Willem Frederik Bon (1940-1983; age 42); Luis Arias (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); Richard Eilenberg (1848-1927; age ca. 79); Francisco Hargreaves (1849-1900; age ca. 51); Ole Olsen (1850-1927; age 77); Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928; age ca. 78); Philip Fried (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); James Sellars (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); Robert Hampton Burt (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); Pieter van Maldere (1729-1768; age 39); Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802; age 72); Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783; age 54); Florian Leopold Gaßmann (1729-1774; age ca. 45); Capel Bond (1730-1790; age 59); Naji Hakim (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Buckinghamshire wedding music repertoire] [About Buckinghamshire] [About music in Buckinghamshire] [About Wedding Venues] [About Wedding Ceremonies registrars, ministers and music] [About other kinds of music such as jazz or folk] [Frequently Asked Questions FAQs] [Ensembles1] [Ensembles2] [Ensembles3] [Ensembles4] [Links] [Home Page] |