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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  From this did Paganini comb the fierce; Electric sparks, or to tenuity; Pull forth the inmost wailing of the wire; No cat-gut could swoon out so much of soul! Robert Browning (18 12—89) Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, 1873 "

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.

Andre Mathieu (1929-1968; age ca. 39); PDQ Bach (1807-1742; age ca. -65); Edward P. Mascari (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Fred Frith (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Javier Busto (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Carson Kievman (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Alcides Lanza (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Frédéric Devreese (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Albert Biales (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Pierre Guédron (1565-1620; age ca. 55); Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613; age 47); Thomas Campion (1567-1620; age 53); Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643; age 76); Michel Waisvisz (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Juan Pedro Esnaola (1808-1878; age ca. 70); Henri Cohen (1808-1880; age ca. 72); Franz Schubert (2) (1808-1878; age ca. 70); Sebastián de Yradier|Iradier (1809-1865; age ca. 56); Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634; age ca. 66); Gian Paolo Cima (1570-1620; age ca. 50); John Farmer (1570-1591; age ca. 21); Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995; age ca. 65); Cristóbal Halffter (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Jacqueline Fontyn (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Nancy Van de Vate (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847; age 38); Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1809-1864; age ca. 55); Félicien-César David (1810-1876; age 66); Robert Vinson (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); John Newell (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Wolfgang Bottenberg (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Michael Praetorius (1571-1621; age 50); Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656; age ca. 84); Alfonso Ferrabosco (1575-1628; age ca. 53); Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623; age 47); Melchior Franck (1579-1639; age ca. 60); Thomas Ford (1580-1648; age ca. 68); Geoffrey Poole (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Leonard Lehrman (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Stephen Paulus (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876; age 65); Ole Bull (1810-1880; age 70);

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