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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  Of instruments of strenges in accord - Herde I so playe a ravyshvng swetnesse - That God, that makere is of all and lord - Ne herde nevere beter, as I gesse. Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1340—1400) The Parlement ojFoules, 1369—87 "

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.

William James Matthias (1934-1992; age ca. 58); Ton Bruynèl (1934-1998; age 64); Siegfried Matthus (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); François Couperin (1668-1733; age 64); Jean Gilles (1668-1705; age 37); Allesandro Marcello (1669-1747; age 77); Louis Marchand (1669-1732; age 63); Maud Sauer (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Strauss (1827-1870; age 42); Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897; age ca. 69); Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907; age 77); Horace Poussard (1829-1898; age 69); Antonio Caldara (1670-1736; age ca. 66); Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer (1670-1746; age ca. 76); Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747; age 76); Harrison Birtwistle (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Fisher Tull (1934-1994; age ca. 60); Mario Davidovsky (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Christian Wolff (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Heinrich R. Lichner (1829-1898; age ca. 69); Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894; age 64); Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869; age 40); Luis Diego Herra-Rodriguez (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Oliver Knussen (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Jan van Vlijmen (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Gaspard Corette (1671-1733; age ca. 62); Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751; age 79); Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703; age 31); Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672-1749; age 77); André-Cardinal Destouches (1672-1749; age ca. 77); Jacques (Jean) Martin Hotteterre (1674-1763; age 88); Heiner Goebbels (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Scott Johnson (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); James Horner (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Carl Goldmark (1830-1915; age 84); Marie Auguste Durand (1830-1909; age 78); Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739; age 65); Alan Ridout (1935-1996; age ca. 61); Otto Ketting (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Carl Davis (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Conrad Susa (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Gordon Mumma (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68);

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