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String Quartets in  Ledbury   

A selection of string quartets in   Ledbury  on our this web site of quartets and other music groups

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Below are just some of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in   Ledbury  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our string quartets who are within a reasonable distance of your venue.

 
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Composers through the ages and string quartets

Some composers considered the string quartet to the be the perfect musical ensemble and wrote some of their best works for the quartet. Other musical works have been transcribed for he quartet, including orchestral, vocal and even pop and jazz pieces. A few examples are given below, as illustrations:-  Zaur Fakhradov (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Ernesto Drangosch (1882-1925; age ca. 43); Karl Weigl (1882-1949; age 67); Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971; age 88); Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973; age 91); Roni Alec Liebenson (1980-still alive 2003; age ca. 23); Mat Martin (1980-still alive 2003; age ca. 23); Matthew Logan (1980-still alive 2003; age ca. 23); Thomas Dempster (1980-still alive 2003; age ca. 23); Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966; age 69); Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937; age 54); Bartolomé Calatuyud (1882-1973; age ca. 91); Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943; age 60); Eddie Mora (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Carlyle Sharpe (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Paolo Tortiglione (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Chris Rupert (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Harald Sæverud (1897-1992; age 94); Pablo Sorozabal (1897-1988; age ca. 91); Henry Dixon Cowell (1897-1965; age 68); Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986; age 89); Karl Marx (1897-1985; age 87); Alfonso Tenreiro (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Joaquin Turina (1882-1949; age 66); Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953; age 71); Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967; age 84); Ferde Grofé (1882-1972; age 90); Augustin Barie (1883-1915; age ca. 32); Anton Webern (1883-1945; age 61); Simone Stella (1981-still alive 2003; age ca. 22); Roger Julià Satorra (1981-still alive 2003; age ca. 22); Hugh Daigle (1981-still alive 2003; age ca. 22); Wolfgang Zamastil (1981-still alive 2003; age ca. 22); Ross Popoff (1981-still alive 2003; age ca. 22); Yusuf SMS Albasri (1982-still alive 2003; age ca. 21); Samy Moussa (1984-still alive 2003; age ca. 19); 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); Giovanni Sechi (1988-still alive 2003; age ca. 15)

 
 

Quotations about String Quartets.      

Literature has many quotatios about string quartets and their 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)

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Ledbury   

Weddings - With one of our String Quartets you can be confident of that your special day will be made even more memorable with music for your wedding ceremony, drinks reception or wedding breakfast.

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Corporate & Parties - Our String Quartets have extensive repertoires enabling them to play appropriate music for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

 
   Here are some examples of the repertoire of our string quartets   

EXAMPLES OF THE STRING QUARTETS REPERTOIRE

Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; Nutcracker Suite – Overture –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria -Schubert; String Quartet K172 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Trepak – Tchaikowsky; Pavane Faure; Nessun Dorma Puccini; String Quartet K158 –Mozart; The Teddy Bears' Picnic - J Bratton; Suite from Oklahoma & The Sound of Music - Rogers & Hammerstein; Pennies from Heaven - A Johnson; Anything Goes - Cole Porter; Let's Do It - Cole Porter; O Mio Babino Caro – Puccini; Polovstian Dance – Borodin; Clair de Lu - Debussy; Humoreske – Dvorak; String Quartet K298 – Mozart; Morning – Grieg; String Quartet K159 – Mozart; The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jerome Kern; My Funny Valentine - Richard Rogers; Suite from South Pacific & The King & I - Rogers & Hammerstein; Makin' Whoopee – Donaldson; When I Fall In Love; Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg; Moment Musicale Op 94 No 3 – Schubert; Norwegian Dance – Grieg; String Quartet K160 – Mozart; Slavonic Dance – Dvorak; Four Fancies for flute & string trio - Gordon Jacob; Love Changes Everything - from Aspects of Love; Autumn Leaves; I Know Him So Well - Anderson, Rice, Ulvaeus; Summertime – Gershwin; It Ain't Necessarily So – Gershwin; Salut d'Amou – Elgar; Chanson de Matin – Elgar;