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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  The general principles of playing together, as epitomized in the string quartet, would seem fairly obvious: style, homogeneity, and the happy blending of the individual players’ distinctive qualities. it is naturally more satisfying to listen to a professional group than to four chance artists who play without quartet style, because an interpretation is alive and interesting only when subserved by a highly developed understanding and subtlety of ensemble. "

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.

Alonso de Mudarra (1510-1580; age ca. 70); Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566; age ca. 56); Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555; age ca. 45); Donald Cochrane (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Peter Richard Tahourdin (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Jean Barraque (1928-1973; age 45); Karl Haus (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Gertrude van den Bergh (1793-1840; age 47); François Benoist (1794-1878; age ca. 84); Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870; age 75); Giorgio Lanzani (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Woody Norvell (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Ennio Morricone (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Caspar Othmayer (1515-1553; age 37); John Sheppard|Shepherd (1515-1558; age ca. 43); Cipriano de Rore (1515-1565; age ca. 50); Thoinot (Jehan) Arbeau|Tabourot (1519-1595; age 76); Philip de Monte (1521-1603; age ca. 82); Richard Edwards (1523-1566; age ca. 43); Claude Engel (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Dan Welcher (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Tommy Fowler (1948-still alive 2003; age ca. 55); Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861; age 66); Saverio Rafaele Mercadante (1795-1870; age 75); Claude Gervaise (1525-1560; age ca. 35); Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Thea Musgrave (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Ronald Stevenson (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Heinrich Poos (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594; age ca. 69); Franz Berwald (1796-1868; age 71); Carl Loewe (1796-1869; age 72); Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867; age 71); Franz Schubert (1) (1797-1828; age 31); Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848; age 50); Robert Parsons (1530-1572; age ca. 42); Orlando di Lasso|Lassus (1532-1594; age ca. 62); Claudio Merulo (1533-1604; age ca. 71); Andrea Gabrieli (1533-1585; age ca. 52); Giaches de Wert (1535-1596; age ca. 61); Fabrizio Dentice (1539-1581; age ca. 42);

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