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String Quartets in Merseyside

Find available string quartets in Merseyside on this web site of music groups

Select Merseyside String Quartets

Below are a few of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Merseyside 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:- Karol Rathaus (1895-1954; age 59); Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985; age ca. 90); Johann Nepomuk David (1895-1977; age 82); Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco (1895-1968; age 72); Alex Shapiro (1962-still alive 2003; age ca. 41); Gabriel Dupont (1878-1914; age 36); Emiel Hullebroeck (1878-1965; age 87); Constantino Gaito (1878-1945; age ca. 67); Selim Palmgren (1878-1951; age 73); André Caplet (1878-1925; age 46); Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1878-1949; age 71); Ian Vine (1974-still alive 2003; age ca. 29); Marie-Angélique Bueler (1975-still alive 2003; age ca. 28); Peter Gilbert (1975-still alive 2003; age ca. 28);

String Quartets - Quotations.

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

before it can attempt to interpret musical style, a quartet must master the essential style of its own form. It faces a set of problems distinct from either solo or orchestral problems. Quartet playing means four individuals who must make a unified whole yet remain individuals. The soloist is a whole in himself, and in the orchestra individuality is lost in numbers that are held together by the personality of the conductor.

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Merseyside

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

Tango Por Una Cabeza – Gardel; El Relicario – Padilla; Spanish Dance; Brazilian Fiddler; Mozart - 10 celebrated Quartets; Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5; Fauré – Pavanne; Mendelssohn - Midsummer night's Dream; Pachelbel - Canon in D; Puccini - Musetta's Waltz; Mozart - Three Divertimenti ; Pasadena; Jealousy Tango; Making Whoopee; Sunrise, Sunset; if You Knew Susie; Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze ; Handel - Hornpipe from the Water Music; Bizet - Habanera from Carmen; Mendelssohn - Wedding March; Boccherini - Minuet ; Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture; Purcell - Chacony in G minor; Dad's Army; Moonlight and Roses; Scott Joplin - Ragtime Dance; Czardas; The Entertainer; Sullivan - The Mikado; Borodin - First Polovtsian Dance; Capua - O Sole Mio; Elgar - Salut d'Amour ; Debussy - Clair de Lune; Mozart - Voi Che Sapette from The Marriage of Figaro; Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakmé; Thunderbirds; Leroy Anderson - Fiddle-Faddle; The Beatles - Penny Lane; Bernstein - Maria from West Side Story; Carillon; Ravel – Bolero; Purcell - Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen;