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Quotations about the Wedding Quartet

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

"  The trombone and side-drums in the chamber music of Stravinsky will do well enough in a very smart house-party where all the conversation is carried on in an esoteric family slang and the guests are expected to enjoy booby-traps. Donald Francis Tovev (1875—1940) "

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.

Rued Immanuel Langgård (1893-1952; age 58); Michael Nyman (1944-still alive 2003; age ca. 59); Patrick Marcland (1944-still alive 2003; age ca. 59); Wilfried Westerlinck (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Ron Hannah (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Judith Lang Zaimont (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Douglas Moore (1893-1969; age 75); Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880; age 61); Stanislav Moniuszko (1819-1872; age 53); Franz von Suppé (1819-1895; age 76); Clara Schumann (1819-1896; age 76); Aleksandr Nikolayevitch Serov (1820-1871; age 51); Eugene Goossens (1893-1962; age 69); Dom Paul Benoit (1893-1979; age ca. 86); Federico Mompou (1893-1987; age 94); Jean Absil (1893-1974; age 80); Peter Warlock (1894-1930; age 36); Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950; age 55); John Rutter (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Jane Brockman (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Howard Sandroff (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Wayne Peppercorn (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Edward P. Mascari (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Fred Frith (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Clarence Barlow (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Sy Brandon (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Terje Bjørklund (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Kyriakos Sfetsas (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942; age 48); Paul Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969; age 74); Hanns Wolf (1894-1968; age 74); Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901; age 81); Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881; age 61); Albert Franz Doppler (1821-1883; age 61); Emilie Mayer (1821-1883; age ca. 62); Louis (Lazarus) Lewandowski (1821-1894; age 72); Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky (1894-1968; age 73); Paul Dessau (1894-1979; age 84); Willem Pijper (1894-1947; age 52); Walter Piston (1894-1976; age 82); Boudewijn Buckinx (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Dorothy Buchanan (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58);

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