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Quotations about the String Quartet

Much has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:-

"  working. NevilIe Cardus (1889—1975) The Delight_ of Music, 1966 "

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.

Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997; age ca. 85); Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994; age 81); Celedonio Romero (1913-1996; age 83); Benjamin Britten (1913-1976; age 63); George Lloyd (1913-1998; age ca. 85); Joseph Canteloube (1879-1957; age 78); Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941; age 62); Georg Andreas Sorge (1703-1778; age ca. 75); Gioseffo Hectore Fiocco (1703-1741; age 38); Karl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759; age 55); Nicholas Chédeville (1705-1782; age ca. 77); Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785; age 78); John Ireland (1879-1962; age 82); Rhené-Bâton (1879-1940; age 61); Alma Schindler|Mahler (1879-1964; age 85); Peter van Anrooy (1879-1954; age 75); Herbert Hamilton Harty (1879-1941; age 61); Héctor Iglesias Villoud (1913-still alive 2003; age ca. 90); George Barati (1913-1996; age ca. 83); Giovanni Gualberto Brunetti (1706-1787; age ca. 81); John Harbison (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Pierre Csillag (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Bart Berman (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Paavo Heininen (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Kent Kennan (1913-still alive 2003; age ca. 90); Morton Gould (1913-1996; age ca. 83); Eldin Burton (1913-1979; age ca. 66); Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936; age 56); Otto Olsson (1879-1964; age 84); Jean Cras (1879-1932; age ca. 53); Natanael Berg (1879-1957; age ca. 78); Charles Wuorinen (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784; age 78); Michel Corrette (1707-1795; age 87); Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708-1776; age 67); Pasquale Cafaro (1708-1787; age 79); Maurice Delage (1879-1961; age 81); Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879-1953; age ca. 74); Frank Bridge (1879-1941; age 61); René Leibowitz (1913-1972; age 59); Gardner Read (1913-still alive 2003; age ca. 90); Tikhon Nikolaievich Khrennikov (1913-still alive 2003; age ca. 90);

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