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String Quartets in Shropshire
A selection of string quartets in Shropshire on this web site of music groups
Select Shropshire String Quartets
Below are just some of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Shropshire select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our string quartets that play in your area.
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Composers through the ages and string quartetsSome 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:- François Brone (1862-1929; age ca. 67); Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921; age 58); Joe L. Alexander (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Joe Wiedemann (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Martín Zalba Ibáñez (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957; age 70); Launy Grondahl (1886-1960; age ca. 74); Daniël Ruyneman (1886-1963; age 76); Eric Coates (1886-1957; age 71); Joaquim Galvao (1967-still alive 2003; age ca. 36); Luigi Verdi (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); |
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 Shropshire
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.
You can hear samples of our quartets, online
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
Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; String Boogie - Phil Green; The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Nimrod – Elgar; String Quartet K525 – Mozart; Nutcracker Suite - Arabic Dance – Tchaikowsky; Pizicato Ploka - J Strauss; Presto from Ein Musikalischer Spass K522 – Mozart; Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Haydn; Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata K331 – Mozart; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; Simple Symphony – Britten; Standchen – Schubert; String Quartet K155 – Mozart; Suite No 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 - J S Bach; The Four Seasons – Winter – Vivaldi; The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams; Traumerei – Schumann; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Cabaret; Let Me Try Again; Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Waltz op 12 – Grieg; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite; Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; As Time Goes By; When I Fall in Love; Stardust; Beethoven - Symphony no.1 2nd movt.; Chopin – Valse;