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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " One day ... my wife and I were walking, and as we passed a second-hand music shop, there in the window stood the one thing which I had wanted to own and play ever since I could remember. There it stood: fat, solid, charming in every way—a tuba! The next thing I knew was that I had bought him, and my wife and I were carrying him across Piccadilly Circus in the pouring rain. At home we gave him a nice bath and a rub. For the next three days I produced a series of noises so dreadful and so sordid that a rumor went about in the neighborhood that we were keeping a live elephant in the bath. But on the fourth day I was able to make some quite nice noises ... Gerard Hoffnung (1925—59) Music Club, BBC broadcast, 1954 " 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. Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982; age 91); João de Sousa Carvalho (1745-1798; age ca. 53); James Hook (1746-1827; age ca. 81); Ivan Evstaf'evich Khandoshkin (1746-1804; age ca. 58); Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822; age ca. 75); Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800; age 53); Athos Palma (1891-1951; age ca. 60); Max Drischner (1891-1971; age ca. 80); Tomaso Gardella (1891-ca. 1961; age ca. 70); Arthur Bliss (1891-1975; age 83); Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001; age 78); Lukas Foss (1922-still alive 2003; age ca. 81); Wolfgang Hofmann (1922-still alive 2003; age ca. 81); Leopold Kozeluh (1747-1818; age 70); Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748-1798; age 49); Mariano Etkin (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); David Matthews (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Faradj Karayev (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); John Bavicchi (1922-still alive 2003; age ca. 81); Uros Krek (1922-still alive 2003; age ca. 81); Ricardo Castillo (1891-1966; age 74); Claude Champagne (1891-1965; age 74); Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892-1971; age 79); Arthur Honegger (1892-1955; age 63); Leo Ornstein (1892-2002; age 109); François Dompierre (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Jerry Hunt (1943-1993; age 49); Francesco Azopardi (1748-1809; age 60); Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801; age 51); Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792; age ca. 42); Arthur Vincent Lourié (1892-1966; age 74); Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988; age 96); Alemann Eduardo (1922-still alive 2003; age ca. 81); Fikret Amirov (1922-1984; age ca. 62); Karel Goeyvaerts (1923-1993; age 69); Peter Mennin (1923-1983; age 60); Simeon ten Holt (1923-still alive 2003; age ca. 80); Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813; age 63); Antonio Salieri (1750-1825; age 74); Muzio Clementi (1752-1832; age 80); Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814; age 61); William Duckworth (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Leicestershire wedding music repertoire] [About Leicestershire] [About music in Leicestershire] [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] |