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String Quartets in  Swindon   

Find available string quartets in   Swindon  on this music web site

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Some examples of our string quartets across the UK are shown below. To find string quartets in   Swindon  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 history and string quartets

Many composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet, which was considered by many of them to the be the perfect musical ensemble. 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:-  Jostein Stalheim (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Rafael Peacan del Sar (1884-ca. 1954; age ca. 70); Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961; age 75); Alban Berg (1885-1935; age 50); Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968; age 51); Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983; age 67); William Maxwell (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Giovanni Gualberto Brunetti (1706-1787; age ca. 81); Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784; age 78); Michel Corrette (1707-1795; age 87); Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708-1776; age 67); Pasquale Cafaro (1708-1787; age 79); Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708-1775; age 67); Milton Babbitt (1916-still alive 2003; age ca. 87); Bernard Stevens (1916-1983; age 66); Louis Toebosch (1916-still alive 2003; age ca. 87); Alfredo Schiuma (1885-1963; age ca. 78); Benjamin Dale (1885-1943; age 58); Charles Avison (1709-1770; age 61); Reine Jönsson (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Guy Cuyvers (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Harold Colin Cowherd (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Marc Anthony Turnage (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Detlev Glanert (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763; age ca. 54); Edgar Varèse (1885-1965; age 79); Augustin Barrios (1885-1944; age ca. 59); Luigi Russolo (1885-1947; age 61); Arthur Lemba (1885-ca. 1955; age ca. 70); George Butterworth (1885-1916; age 31); Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789; age 79); Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784; age 73); Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736; age 26); Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778; age 67); Domenico Paradies (1710-1792; age ca. 82); Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783; age 71); Kevin Oldham (1960-1993; age 32); Henri Dutilleux (1916-still alive 2003; age ca. 87); Antonio Lauro (1917-1986; age 68); Isang Yun (1917-1995; age 78); Ugo Amendola (1917-1995; age 77); Hans Federico Neuman (1917-1992; age 74);

 
 

Quotations about String Quartets.      

Literature has many quotatios about string quartets and their instruments. Here are some quotations:-

Most string quartets have a basement and an attic, and the lift is not

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Swindon   

Weddings - Our String Quartets are experienced setting just the right atmosphere for your wedding ceremony, drinks reception and 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 is some typical 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;