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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch 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 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. Carlos Salzédo (1885-1961; age 76); Henri Hardouin (1727-1808; age ca. 81); Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789; age ca. 62); Nicoló Piccinni (1728-1800; age 72); Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804; age 75); Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729-1817; age 87); Algot Haquinius (1886-1966; age 79); Giuseppe Pietri (1886-1946; age ca. 60); Celestino Piaggio (1886-1931; age ca. 45); Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957; age 70); Launy Grondahl (1886-1960; age ca. 74); Daniël Ruyneman (1886-1963; age 76); Albert de Klerk (1917-1998; age 81); Frank Zappa (1940-1993; age 52); Willem Frederik Bon (1940-1983; age 42); Luis Arias (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); James Sellars (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); Robert Hampton Burt (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); Lou Harrison (1917-2003; age 85); Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996; age 78); Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970; age 52); Willem Strietman (1918-2001; age ca. 83); Eric Coates (1886-1957; age 71); Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979; age 93); Marcel Dupré (1886-1971; age 85); Pieter van Maldere (1729-1768; age 39); Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802; age 72); Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783; age 54); Florian Leopold Gaßmann (1729-1774; age ca. 45); Capel Bond (1730-1790; age 59); Heinrich Kaminsky (1886-1946; age 59); Pietro Yon (1886-1943; age 57); Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954; age 68); Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953; age 66); Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990; age 72); George Rochberg (1918-still alive 2003; age ca. 85); Jan van Dijk (1918-still alive 2003; age ca. 85); Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini (1730-1786; age 56); (Johann) Christian Cannabich (1731-1798; age 66); Ariel Martínez (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); Sergio Cervetti (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); Igor Rekhin (1940-still alive 2003; age ca. 63); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Monmouthshire wedding music repertoire] [About Monmouthshire] [About music in Monmouthshire] [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] |