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String Quartets in Maidstone
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Composers through history and string quartetsMany 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:-
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe and he called for hisbowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Anonymous Nursery’ rhyme
Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Maidstone
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
And I love Her – McCartney; Moon River – Mancini; The Thorn Birds Theme – Mancini; Here There & Everywhere – McCartney; Chanson de Matin – Elgar; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn; Maria from West Side Story – Bernstein; Girl – McCartney; She Loves You – McCartney; I Will – McCartney; Here Comes the Sun – McCartney; Ave Maris – Gounod; Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffmann; Capriol Suite – Warlock; String Quartet K168 – Mozart; Greensleeves; I know that My Redeemer Liveth; String Quartet K170 – Mozart; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin; Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini; Charade – Mancini; Days of Wine & Roses – Mancini; Every Time We Say Good-Bye - Cole Porter; Jesu' Joy - J S Bach; Kinderszenen p 15 – Schumann; La Date Dominum – Mozart; String Quartet K156 – Mozart; Largo from the New World Symphony – Dvorak; String Quartet K171 – Mozart; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Beethoven; Guantanamera; I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Nimrod – Elgar; String Quartet K525 – Mozart;