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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " I am quite at your service to play second fiddle in all your laudable enterprises. Alain René Lesage (1668—1747) Gil BIas, 1715—35, trans Malkin, 1809 " 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. Rolf Liebermann (1910-1999; age 88); Willem de Fesch (1687-1757; age ca. 70); Aribert Reimann (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Juan Carlos Zorzi (1936-1999; age ca. 63); Alicia Terzian (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Juan José Falcon Sanabria (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-still alive 2003; age ca. 92); Gábor Darvas (1911-1985; age 74); Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975; age 64); Gustav Holst (1874-1934; age 59); Charles Ives (1874-1954; age 79); Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951; age 76); Francesco Paolo Neglia (1874-1932; age ca. 58); Vic Nees (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750; age 63); Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755; age 67); Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762; age 74); Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758; age 70); Josef Suk (1874-1935; age ca. 61); Paul Pierné (1874-1952; age 77); Franz Schmidt (1874-1939; age 64); Jan Koetsier (1911-still alive 2003; age ca. 92); Roberto García Morillo (1911-still alive 2003; age ca. 92); Juan Francisco Giacobbe (1911-1990; age ca. 79); Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000; age 89); Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726; age 37); Joseph-Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755; age 65); Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768; age 78); Steve Reich (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981; age 45); Nino Rota (1911-1979; age ca. 68); Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947; age 72); Albert William Ketelby (1875-1959; age 84); Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962; age 86); Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952; age 76); Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912; age 37); Walter Courvoisier (1875-1931; age ca. 56); Edward Gold (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Mario Perusso (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Jos Kunst (1936-1996; age 60); Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749; age 59); Jacques-Christophe Naudot (1690-1762; age ca. 72); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Somerset wedding music repertoire] [About Somerset] [About music in Somerset] [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] |