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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " The gentlemen in private meeting . . . played three, four and five parts with viols . . . and they esteemed a violin to be an instrument only belonging to a common fiddler, and could not endure that it should come among them for fear of making their meetings to be vain and fiddling. Anthony Wood (1632—95) Antiquities, 1674 " 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. Ben Weber (1916-1979; age 62); Jean Papineau-Couture (1916-2000; age ca. 84); Siegfried Reda (1916-1968; age 52); Floro Manuel Ugarte (1884-1975; age 90); Felipe Boero (1884-1954; age ca. 70); Arthur Meulemans (1884-1966; age 82); Anders Johan Ture Rangström (1884-1947; age 62); Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787; age 63); Anna Amalia von Preußen (1723-1787; age 63); François-André Philidor (1725-1795; age 69); Gioseffo Ferdinando Bertoni (1725-1813; age 88); Rafael Peacan del Sar (1884-ca. 1954; age ca. 70); Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961; age 75); Alban Berg (1885-1935; age 50); Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968; age 51); Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983; age 67); Milton Babbitt (1916-still alive 2003; age ca. 87); Bernard Stevens (1916-1983; age 66); Johann George Tromlitz (1725-1805; age 79); Charles Burney (1726-1814; age 88); Pasquale Anfossi (1727-1797; age ca. 70); Tomas Svoboda (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Heinz Holliger (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Louis Toebosch (1916-still alive 2003; age ca. 87); Alfredo Schiuma (1885-1963; age ca. 78); Benjamin Dale (1885-1943; age 58); Edgar Varèse (1885-1965; age 79); Augustin Barrios (1885-1944; age ca. 59); Luigi Russolo (1885-1947; age 61); Arthur Lemba (1885-ca. 1955; age ca. 70); Oleg Felzer (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Andrew Rudin (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Barbara Kolb (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779; age 52); Claude-Benigne Balbastre (1727-1799; age 72); George Butterworth (1885-1916; age 31); Henri Dutilleux (1916-still alive 2003; age ca. 87); Antonio Lauro (1917-1986; age 68); Isang Yun (1917-1995; age 78); Ugo Amendola (1917-1995; age 77); Hans Federico Neuman (1917-1992; age 74); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Northampton wedding music repertoire] [About Northampton] [About music in Northampton] [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] |