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Quotations about the String QuartetMuch has been written about the string quartet and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " The first requisite for a good ensemble is that each player shall have the sense of the whole. This he can only feel by listening to the others—constantly, whether he knows the music or is reading at sight. With practice, then, he becomes familiar with the other parts and is ready to adjust himself to them or to assert himself so that they can adjust themselves to him, but be can never afford to stop listening. Only by remaining acutely aware of what is being done about him can he be sensitized to the necessary degree " 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. Christian Sinding (1856-1941; age 85); Edward Elgar (1857-1934; age 76); Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919; age 62); Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944; age 86); Hilda Sehested (1858-1936; age ca. 78); Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (1858-1944; age 86); Boris Blacher (1903-1975; age 72); Wojciech Kilar (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Lalo Schifrin (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Louis-Noël Belaubre (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); John (Towner) Williams (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975; age 71); Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987; age 82); Géza Frid (1904-1989; age 85); Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949; age 45); Mélanie (Mel) Bonis (1858-1937; age 79); Catharina van Rennes (1858-1940; age 82); Jeno Hubay (1858-1937; age 78); Jean Henri d'Anglebert (1635-1691; age ca. 56); Antonio Draghi (1635-1700; age ca. 65); Georgy Daniel Speer (1636-1707; age 71); Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707; age ca. 70); Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710; age 72); Georges Hüe (1858-1948; age 90); Catharinus Elling (1858-1942; age 83); Hans Rott (1858-1884; age 25); Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924; age 65); Hermann Schröder (1) (1904-still alive 2003; age ca. 99); Richard Addinsell (1904-1977; age 73); Karl Ahrendt (1904-1993; age 88); Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (1639-1693; age ca. 54); Carel Hacquart (1640-1701; age ca. 61); Michel Legrand (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Glenn Gould (1932-1982; age 50); Tera de Marez Oyens (1932-1996; age 64); Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov (1904-1972; age 67); Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003; age 98); Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931; age 72); Frank van der Stucken (1858-1929; age 70); Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924; age 64); Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935; age 75); CLICK HERE [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Tamworth wedding music repertoire] [About Tamworth] [About music in Tamworth] [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] |