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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 Devil rides upon a fiddlestick. (Prince Henry) William Shakespeare (1564—1616) Hen ~‘JVPt I, 1596, Act II, Sc IV "

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.

Hans Henkemans (1913-1995; age ca. 82); Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708-1775; age 67); Charles Avison (1709-1770; age 61); Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763; age ca. 54); Reinbert de Leeuw (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Jaques Hetú (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Vivian Fine (1913-2000; age 86); Cyril Scott (1879-1970; age 91); Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968; age 87); Healey Willan (1880-1968; age 87); Pascual De Rogatis (1880-1980; age ca. 100); Robert Stolz (1880-1975; age 94); Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951; age 71); Setrak Setrakian (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Harvey Sollberger (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Gloria Coates (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789; age 79); Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784; age 73); William Harold Leigh-Sharpe (1880-ca. 1950; age ca. 70); Henry Brant (1913-still alive 2003; age ca. 90); Norman Dello Joio (1913-still alive 2003; age ca. 90); John Weinzweig (1913-still alive 2003; age ca. 90); Guillermo Graetzer (1914-1993; age 78); Marius Flothuis (1914-2001; age 87); Ernest Bloch (1880-1959; age 78); Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736; age 26); Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778; age 67); Domenico Paradies (1710-1792; age ca. 82); Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783; age 71); William Boyce (1711-1779; age ca. 68); John Herbert Foulds (1880-1939; age 58); Guillermo Uribe-Holguín (1880-1971; age 91); Carlos López Buchardo (1881-1948; age ca. 67); Béla Bartók (1881-1945; age 64); George Enescu (1881-1955; age 73); Edvin Kallstenius (1881-1967; age 86); Irving Fine (1914-1962; age 47); José Serebrier (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Frederic Rzewski (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Piotr de Peslin Lachert (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Joan Tower (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); John Corigliano (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65);

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