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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " There are in the music of the violin . accents so closely akin to those of certain contralto voices that one has the illusion that a singer has taken her place amid the orchestra. One raises one’s eyes, and sees only the wooden case, delicate as a Chinese box, but at moments, one is still tricked by the Siren’s deceiving call; at times too, one thinks one is listening to a captive genie struggling in the darkness of the sapient, quivering and enchanted box, like a devil immersed in a stoup of holy water; sometimes, again, it is in the air, at large, like a pure and supernatural being that unfolds its invisible message as it goes by. (Swann in Love) Marcel Proust (1871 —1922) " 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. Ramon Delgado Palacios (1863-1902; age ca. 39); Leonardo Balada (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Henryk Górecki (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); James Ciernia (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726; age 68); Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709; age 50); Alexander Siloti (1863-1945; age ca. 82); Boris Tikhonovich Kozhevnikov (1906-1985; age 78); Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975; age 68); Klaus Egge (1906-1979; age ca. 73); Louise (Victoria) Talma (1906-1996; age 89); Daniel Ayala-Pérez (1906-1975; age 68); Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934; age 70); Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1659-1729; age ca. 70); Henry Purcell (1659-1695; age 36); Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722; age 62); Gottfried Finger (1660-1730; age ca. 70); Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741; age ca. 81); Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945; age 81); Raffaele Calace (1863-1934; age ca. 71); Emánuel Moór (1863-1931; age 68); Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932; age 67); Felix (Henry Albert) Godin|Brown (1864-1925; age ca. 61); Guy Ropartz (1864-1955; age 91); Antal Dorati (1906-1988; age 82); Norbert Goddaer (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Robin Holloway (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Roger Reynolds (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Alemdar Karamanov (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Christiaan Verhoog (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Ludovit Rajter (1906-2000; age 93); Leopold Spinner (1906-1980; age 74); Walter Gronostay (1906-1937; age ca. 31); Kees van Baaren (1906-1970; age 63); Louis Glass (1864-1936; age ca. 72); Richard Strauss (1864-1949; age 85); Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935; age 71); Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1660-ca. 1730; age ca. 70); André Campra (1660-1744; age 83); Sebastián Durón (1660-1716; age 56); Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725; age 65); Georg Böhm (1661-1733; age 71); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Sussex wedding music repertoire] [About Sussex] [About music in Sussex] [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] | | |