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Wales, a location where our String Quartets could play for your wedding or eventTowns, cities and regions have an influence on the style of music, whether it is the 'English Countryside' feel of Vaughan Williams, the strength of Elgar's Victorian Malvern, or the skirl of Northumbrian Pipe tune. Of Wales, has been said:- " The Celts had fled westwards under sustained invasions from Romans, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo Saxon English kings had not ruled Wales, and at the Norman invasion was a collection of small kingdoms. It took the Normans some 200 years to gain control of the whole of Wales. The 8 royal castles like Harlech (left) kept a lid on rebellion in the meantime. The last major Welsh uprising was by Owain Glyndwr between 1400 and 1408 " “I would walk ten leagues through the mud, the thing I hate most in the world, to hear a good performance of Don Giovanni, if anybody quotes and Italian phrase out of Don Giovanni immediately my tender memories of music recur to me and take possession of me….” Stendhal (1783-1842) CLICK HERE [String Quartets in Wales for your wedding] [About String Quartets] [Ensembles in Wales wedding music repertoire] [About Wales] [About music in Wales] [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] |