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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " I am quite at your service to play second fiddle in all your laudable enterprises. Alain René Lesage (1668—1747) Gil BIas, 1715—35, trans Malkin, 1809 " Arrangers and composers through the agesMany 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. Hekel Tavares (1896-1969; age 72); John Rutter (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Clarence Barlow (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827; age 56); Johann Christoph Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846; age 76); Anton Reicha (1770-1836; age 66); Ernest Steffan (1896-1967; age 71); Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963; age ca. 67); Harry Somers (1925-1999; age 73); Pierre Boulez (1925-still alive 2003; age ca. 78); Gunther Schuller (1925-still alive 2003; age ca. 78); Kirke Mechem (1925-still alive 2003; age ca. 78); Robert Heppener (1925-still alive 2003; age ca. 78); Johann Baptiste Cramer (1771-1858; age 87); Ferdinando Paer (1771-1839; age ca. 68); (Jacques) Pierre (Joseph) Rode (1774-1830; age 56); Gasparo Luigi Spontini (1774-1851; age 76); Sy Brandon (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970; age 73); Carlo Taube (1897-1944; age ca. 47); Arnaldo D'Espósito (1897-1945; age ca. 48); Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984; age ca. 87); Luis Gianneo (1897-1968; age ca. 71); Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957; age 60); Johannes Weyrauch (1897-1977; age 80); Terje Bjørklund (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Kyriakos Sfetsas (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Boudewijn Buckinx (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Dorothy Buchanan (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Václav Jan Tomásek (1774-1850; age ca. 76); Fernando González Casellas (1925-still alive 2003; age ca. 78); Mikis Theodorakis (1925-still alive 2003; age ca. 78); Luciano Berio (1925-2003; age 77); Marius Constant (1925-still alive 2003; age ca. 78); Alejandro Barletta (1925-still alive 2003; age ca. 78); Francisco Paolo Mignone (1897-1986; age 88); Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966; age 69); Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774-1842; age 68); François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834; age 58); Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838; age 62); João Domingos Bomtempo (1775-1842; age 66); Catterino Cavos (1775-1840; age 64); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Huntingdonshire wedding music repertoire] [About Huntingdonshire] [About music in Huntingdonshire] [About Wedding Venues] [About Wedding Ceremonies registrars, ministers and music] [About other kinds of music such as jazz or folk] [Frequently Asked Questions FAQs] [Ensembles1] [Ensembles2] [Ensembles3] [Ensembles4] [Links] [Home Page] |