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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. Samuel Butler (1835—1902) The Will of All Flesh, 1903 " 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. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736; age 26); Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778; age 67); Domenico Paradies (1710-1792; age ca. 82); Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783; age 71); William Boyce (1711-1779; age ca. 68); Hermann Schröder (2) (1843-1909; age 65); Michael Daugherty (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Beat Furrer (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Arturo Rodas (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Tobias Picker (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); José Serebrier (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Frederic Rzewski (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Piotr de Peslin Lachert (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Joan Tower (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); John Corigliano (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville (1711-1772; age 60); John Stanley (1712-1786; age 74); Carl Vine (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922; age ca. 79); Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907; age 64); Pablo Martin Melinton Sarasate de Navasquez (1844-1908; age 64); Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908; age 64); Sayat Nova (1712-1795; age ca. 83); Friedrich II der Grosse (the Great) (1712-1786; age 74); Domingo Terradellas (1713-1751; age 38); Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780; age 66); Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787; age 73); Lee Noble (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Jan Vriend (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937; age 93); Carl Bohm (1844-1920; age ca. 76); Andreas Hallén (1844-1925; age ca. 81); Alvaro Cordero (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Jeff Talman (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Gunther Tautenhahn (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); William Ryden (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); John McCabe (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788; age 74); Nicoló Jommelli (1714-1774; age 59); Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785; age 71); Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777; age 62); Thomas Demenga (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Cambridgeshire wedding music repertoire] [About Cambridgeshire] [About music in Cambridgeshire] [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] |