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Quotations about the String Quartet

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

"  .It took Haydn a while to make his way into real string quartet composition: indeed, it is not known whether some of his early “quartets” were intended for just four players or were really quartet-symphonies for a small string orchestra and usually performed with clavicembalo. The first “String Quartet” by Mozart (K. 80)—whom we later find, at sixteen, waiting out rainy hours in a coach station on his third Italian journey, composing a “quartet” out of boredom—was certainly not yet a string quartet in our sense. "

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.

Samy Moussa (1984-still alive 2003; age ca. 19); Juan Vázquez (1510-1560; age ca. 50); Alonso de Mudarra (1510-1580; age ca. 70); Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566; age ca. 56); Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555; age ca. 45); Donald Cochrane (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Anton Bruckner (1824-1896; age 72); Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884; age 60); Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899; age 73); Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917; age ca. 91); Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864; age 37); John Thomas (1826-1913; age ca. 87); Edmond Dédé (1827-1903; age ca. 76); Peter Richard Tahourdin (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Jean Barraque (1928-1973; age 45); Karl Haus (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Ennio Morricone (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Caspar Othmayer (1515-1553; age 37); Robert Bethea (1986-still alive 2003; age ca. 17); Jordan Charles Witherspoon (1986-still alive 2003; age ca. 17); Nathan Towns (1987-still alive 2003; age ca. 16); Peter Stevens (1987-still alive 2003; age ca. 16); Christopher Shaver (1987-still alive 2003; age ca. 16); Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827-1885; age 57); Joseph Strauss (1827-1870; age 42); John Sheppard|Shepherd (1515-1558; age ca. 43); Cipriano de Rore (1515-1565; age ca. 50); Thoinot (Jehan) Arbeau|Tabourot (1519-1595; age 76); Philip de Monte (1521-1603; age ca. 82); Richard Edwards (1523-1566; age ca. 43); Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897; age ca. 69); Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907; age 77); Horace Poussard (1829-1898; age 69); Heinrich R. Lichner (1829-1898; age ca. 69); Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894; age 64); Giovanni Sechi (1988-still alive 2003; age ca. 15); Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897-1948; age 50); Claude Gervaise (1525-1560; age ca. 35); Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Thea Musgrave (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Ronald Stevenson (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Heinrich Poos (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75);

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