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String Quartets in Devon

Find available string quartets in Devon on our this web site of quartets and other music groups

Select Devon String Quartets

Below are a few of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Devon select your county from the drop down box. This will take you to all of our string quartets that play in your area.

Quotation and Booking

- If you are interested in one of our string quartets, send an email for a prompt, no obligation quotation. Want to discuss the musical options and alternatives for your special day? Phone or email us at Midsummer Music. We are here to help. To book us, email or phone, it's that simple.

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:- Franz Schmidt (1874-1939; age 64); Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947; age 72); Albert William Ketelby (1875-1959; age 84); Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962; age 86); Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952; age 76); Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912; age 37); Ramona Luengen (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Jan Vriend (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Gunther Tautenhahn (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); William Ryden (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); John McCabe (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64);

String Quartets - Quotations.

An example of what has been written about string quartets. A Quotation:-

I live by twa trades, sir ... fiddle, sir, and spade; filling the world, and emptying of it. Walter Scott (1771—1832) The Bride of Lammermoor, 1819

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Devon

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 - Whatever your corporate event or party is for, our highly versatile String Quartets will have the right music for the occasion.

Here is some typical repertoire of our string quartets

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR STRING QUARTETS

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons; Wagner - Here Comes the Bride; For He's A Jolly Good Fellow; Nutcracker Suite – March – Tchaikowsky; Flute & String Quartet op 3 no 1 – Haydn; Makin' Whoopee - (by Walter Donaldson); Molly on the Shore; The Muppet Show Theme; Gershwin - Summertime ; Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285b – Mozart; Air on a G String, Gavotte, Bouree, Gigue -J S Bach; Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's Marh) -J Clarke; Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy –Tchaikowsky; Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo Act 2) -C W von Gluck; Pachelbel's Canon [short version] –Pachelbel; Nutcracker Suite - Waltz of the Flowers –Tchaikowsky; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Ave Maria –Schubert –Schubert; String Quartet K370 –Mozart; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Country Club - Scott Joplin; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; String Quartet K173 –Mozart; The Four Seasons – Spring –Vivaldi; String Quartet Op 77 no 1 - 1st movement –Haydn; Loure - J S Bach; String Quartet K169 –Mozart; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin;