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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  I live by twa trades, sir ... fiddle, sir, and spade; filling the world, and emptying of it. Walter Scott (1771—1832) The Bride of Lammermoor, 1819 "

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.

Blodek Vilem (1834-1874; age 39); Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1547-1607; age ca. 60); Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611; age ca. 63); Eustache du Caurroy (1549-1609; age ca. 60); Pomponio Nenna (1550-1613; age ca. 63); Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605; age 54); Tekla Badarcewska-Baranowska (1834-1861; age ca. 27); Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886; age 51); Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921; age 86); Peter Benoit (1835-1901; age 65); Felix Draeseke (1835-1913; age 77); Henri Wieniawski (1835-1880; age 44); Anthon van der Horst (1899-1965; age 65); George (Henry) Crumb (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929-1997; age 68); Peter Sculthorpe (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Ron Nelson (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Pedro Iturralde (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Grete von Zieritz (1899-2001; age 102); Francis Poulenc (1899-1963; age 64); Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995; age ca. 96); George Frederick McKay (1899-1970; age ca. 71); Eduard Strauss (1835-1916; age 81); César Antonowich Cui (1835-1918; age 83); Johan Adam Krygell (1835-1915; age 80); Anthony Holborne (1550-1602; age ca. 52); Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591; age ca. 41); Sebastián de Vivanco (1551-1622; age ca. 71); Giovanni Gabrieli (1553-1612; age ca. 59); Luca Marenzio (1553-1599; age ca. 46); Antonio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896; age 60); Léo Delibes (1836-1891; age 54); Albert Biehl (1836-1899; age ca. 63); Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911; age 74); Jón Leifs (1899-1968; age ca. 69); Robert Casadesus (1899-1972; age 73); Carlos Chávez (1899-1978; age 79); Alonso Lobo (1555-1617; age ca. 62); Thomas Morley (1557-1602; age ca. 45); Akio Yashiro (1929-1976; age 46); Edison Denisov (1929-1996; age ca. 67); Robert Muczynski (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74);

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