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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 quartets:] You listen to four sensible persons conversing, you profit from their discourse, and you get to know the peculiar properties of their several instruments. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749—1832) Quoted in Barzun (ed), Pleasures ofMusü; 1952 "

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.

Morton Subotnick (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Maarten Bon (1933-2003; age 70); Horacio López de la Rosa (1933-1986; age ca. 53); Colin Brumby (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713; age 59); Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706; age 52); George Muffat (1653-1704; age 50); Emilie Mayer (1821-1883; age ca. 62); Louis (Lazarus) Lewandowski (1821-1894; age 72); Friedrich Kiel (1821-1885; age 63); Johannes Worp (1821-1891; age 69); Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889; age 67); Vincent Lübeck (1654-1740; age ca. 86); Sevaas de Konink (1654-1701; age ca. 47); Marin Marais (1656-1728; age 72); Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714; age 56); R. Murray Schafer (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); William Francis McBeth (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Leonardo Balada (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); César Auguste Franck (1822-1890; age 67); Franz Strauss (1822-1905; age 83); Leo Samama (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Guus Janssen (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Gary Carpenter (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Henryk Górecki (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); James Ciernia (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726; age 68); Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709; age 50); Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1659-1729; age ca. 70); Henry Purcell (1659-1695; age 36); Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722; age 62); Marius van Paassen (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Waters (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882; age 60); Theodor Kirchner (1823-1903; age 80); Edouard Lalo (1823-1892; age 69); Gottfried Finger (1660-1730; age ca. 70); Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741; age ca. 81); Norbert Goddaer (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Robin Holloway (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Roger Reynolds (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Alemdar Karamanov (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69);

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