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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 his quartet, From My Life :1 A work which in a sense is private, and therefore written for four instruments which should converse together in an intimate circle about the things which so deeply trouble me. Nothing more. Bedrich Smetana (1824—84) Quoted in Cardus, The Delights of.i4usic, 1966 "

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.

Myriam Marbe (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Nancy Bloomer Deussen (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Arne Nordheim (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Mauricio Kagel (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Charles Camilleri (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Jan Adams Reinken (1623-1722; age 99); Johann Rudolf Ahle (1625-1673; age 47); Mihaly Mosonyi (1814-1870; age ca. 56); Josephine Lang (1815-1880; age 65); Robert Volkmann (1815-1883; age 68); Robert Franz (1815-1892; age 77); William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875; age 58); Louis Couperin (1626-1661; age ca. 35); Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690; age 63); Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687; age 54); Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692; age 60); Adam Krieger (1634-1666; age 32); Wojciech Kilar (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Lalo Schifrin (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Johannes Verhulst (1816-1891; age 74); John David Thomas (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); George Tsontakis (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Klaas Eldering (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Jacob ter Veldhuis (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Louis-Noël Belaubre (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); John (Towner) Williams (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Jean Henri d'Anglebert (1635-1691; age ca. 56); Antonio Draghi (1635-1700; age ca. 65); Georgy Daniel Speer (1636-1707; age 71); Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707; age ca. 70); Curtis Roads (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Alvert Ellmenreich (1816-1905; age ca. 89); Niels Vilhelm Gade (1817-1890; age 73); Henry Charles Litolff (1818-1891; age 72); Charles Gounod (1818-1893; age 75); Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710; age 72); Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (1639-1693; age ca. 54); Carel Hacquart (1640-1701; age ca. 61); Michel Legrand (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Glenn Gould (1932-1982; age 50); Tera de Marez Oyens (1932-1996; age 64);

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