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String Quartets in  Nuneaton   

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

Select   Nuneaton  String Quartets

Here are some our string quartets in different parts of the UK. To find string quartets in   Nuneaton  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our string quartets that perform in your part of the country.

 
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- Interested in 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 throughout history and string quartets

Most composers have written music 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:-  Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909; age 57); Ciprian Porumbescu (1853-1883; age ca. 30); André-Charles Messager (1853-1929; age 75); George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931; age 76); Michael Repoulis (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Joseph Marx (1882-1964; age 82); Haydn Wood (1882-1959; age 76); Jurgen De Pillecyn (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Kevin Franz Josef Harris (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38); Ian Crutchley (1965-still alive 2003; age ca. 38);

 
 

What has been said about String Quartets.      

Much has been written about string quartets and their instruments. Here are some quotations:-

Of instruments of strenges in accord - Herde I so playe a ravyshvng swetnesse - That God, that makere is of all and lord - Ne herde nevere beter, as I gesse. Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1340—1400) The Parlement ojFoules, 1369—87

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Nuneaton   

Weddings - Our String Quartets can set just the right atmosphere for your wedding ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast.

You can hear samples of our quartets, online

Corporate & Parties - Our highly versatile String Quartets play 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   

TYPICAL REPERTOIRE FOR STRING QUARTETS

Scott Joplin - Ragtime Dance; Czardas; The Entertainer; Thunderbirds; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. VIII; Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca; Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz; Elgar - Chanson de Matin; Handel - Departure of the Queen of Sheba; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285 Mozart; Elgar - Chanson de Nuit; Leroy Anderson - Fiddle-Faddle; The Beatles - Penny Lane; Bernstein - Maria from West Side Story; Carillon; Cock Linnet; Gossec - Tambourin ; Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik ; Greensleeves; Handel - Allegro from Recorder Sonata; Purcell - Trumpet Tune; Jerusalem; Massenet - Meditation from Thais; Danny Boy; Gershwin - S'Wonderful; I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside; Scott Joplin – Bethena; Scott Joplin - Country Club; Pachelbel – Canon; Puccini - Nessun Dorma; Rossini - William Tell Overture; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K298 – Mozart; Smetana - Dance of the Comedians; Pachelbel's Canon & Gigue [Full version] – Pachelbel; Sullivan - Three Little Maids from School are We; Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter; Scott Joplin - The Easy Winners; Knight Rider Theme; Leaning on a Lamppost; Let's Do It - (by Cole Porter); Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite; Verdi - Drinking Song from La Traviata;