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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  Chamber music is at once one of the most enjoyable and the most dignified of literatures. The musical amateur often makes it his hobby and considers it the mainspring of his musical existence . . . The professional musician turns to it for relaxation and for a kind of pleasure that no other field offers. Homer Ulrich (1906— Chamber Music 1948) "

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.

Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928; age ca. 78); Alexander Taneyev (1850-1918; age 68); Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924; age 74); Aloÿs Claussmann (1850-1926; age ca. 76); Iver Holter (1850-1941; age 90); Karl Komzak (1850-1905; age 54); Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900; age 49); André Laporte (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Lucien Goethals (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Peter Pindar Stearns (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Donald Martino (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Girolamo Fantini (1600-1675; age ca. 75); Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986; age 84); Dimiter Nenov (1901-1953; age 51); Harry Partch (1901-1974; age 73); Werner Egk (1901-1983; age 82); Gaston Brenta (1902-1969; age 66); Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931; age 80); Andrei Schulz-Evler (1852-1905; age ca. 53); William Lawes (1602-1645; age 43); Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676; age 73); Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674; age 68); Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667; age 50); Matthias Weckman (1616-1674; age ca. 58); Frederick Corder (1852-1932; age 80); Charles Stanford (1852-1924; age 71); Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909; age 57); Ciprian Porumbescu (1853-1883; age ca. 30); André-Charles Messager (1853-1929; age 75); Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986; age 84); William Walton (1902-1983; age 80); Joan Cererols (1618-1680; age 61); Anthony Hedges (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Sylvano Bussotti (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Jorge Kumok (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Malcolm Williamson (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972; age 69); Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte (1902-1974; age 72); Jerzy Fitelberg (1903-1951; age 47); George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931; age 76); Edgar (Pierre Joseph) Tinel (1854-1912; age 58); Leoš Janáček (1854-1928; age 74);

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