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String Quartets in Derbyshire

A selection of string quartets in Derbyshire on our live music website

Select Derbyshire String Quartets

Below are just some of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Derbyshire 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 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:- Maurice Ohana (1914-still alive 2003; age ca. 89); Dimitris Dragatakis (1914-still alive 2003; age ca. 89); Anton Diabelli (1781-1858; age 76); Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829; age 47); Jacques (Féréol) Mazas (1782-1849; age 66); Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871; age 89); Nicoló Paganini (1782-1840; age 57); Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981; age 53); Jacob Druckman (1928-1996; age 67); Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630; age 44); Jacob Praetorius (1586-1651; age 65); Francesca Caccini (1587-1640; age ca. 53); John Field (1782-1837; age ca. 55); Jacques Bouffil (1783-1868; age ca. 85); Jean Louël (1914-still alive 2003; age ca. 89);

Quotations about String Quartets.

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

There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. Samuel Butler (1835—1902) The Will of All Flesh, 1903

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Derbyshire

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

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;