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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin. Richard Steele (1672—1729) In the Tatter, 1 April 1712 "

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.

Frantisek Václav Míca (1694-1744; age ca. 50); Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764; age 68); Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750; age ca. 55); Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765; age 68); Esprit Phillipe Chédeville (1696-1762; age ca. 66); Hans-Jürgen von Bose (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); James Guthrie (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); John Zorn (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Jim Sande (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Derek Hasted (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763; age 65); Jan Welmers (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Rolf Riehm (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Philip Glass (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Zbigniew Bargielski (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); David Del Tredici (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764; age 67); Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901; age 62); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893; age 53); Oskar Rieding (1840-1918; age ca. 78); Johan Severin Svendsen (1840-1911; age 70); Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904; age 62); Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773; age 76); François Francoeur (1698-1787; age 88); Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783; age 84); Michel Blavet (1700-1768; age 68); Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700-1775; age ca. 75); François Rébel (1701-1775; age 74); Terrence Patrick Dougherty (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Carl Tausig (1841-1871; age 29); Emmanuel Alexis Chabrier (1841-1894; age 53); William Copper (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Randol Alan Bass (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Joel Hoffman (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Gordon Crosse (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Manuel Juarez (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Tormod Sæverud (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); William Bolcom (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702-1771; age ca. 69); Georg Andreas Sorge (1703-1778; age ca. 75); Gioseffo Hectore Fiocco (1703-1741; age 38); Franklin Stover (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50);

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