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String Quartets in Burton-upon-Trent

Find string quartets available in Burton-upon-Trent on our this web site of quartets and other music groups

Select Burton-upon-Trent String Quartets

Below are just some of our string quartets across the UK. To find string quartets in Burton-upon-Trent select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our string quartets who are within a reasonable distance of your venue.

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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:- Lee Gannon (1960-1996; age ca. 36); Stefan Hakenberg (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Aldo Brizzi (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Daron Hagen (1961-still alive 2003; age ca. 42); Joseph Jongen (1873-1953; age 79); Claude Champagne (1891-1965; age 74); Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892-1971; age 79); Arthur Honegger (1892-1955; age 63); Leo Ornstein (1892-2002; age 109); Arthur Vincent Lourié (1892-1966; age 74); Déodat de Séverac (1873-1921; age 47); Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (1874-1956; age 81); Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874-1953; age 78); Oscar Nedbal (1874-1930; age ca. 56);

Quotations about String Quartets.

Literature has many quotatios 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 Burton-upon-Trent

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 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

Elgar – Nimrnd; Handel - The arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Massenet – Meditarion; Rossinn - William Tell Overture; Haydn – Serenade; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Rossini - Italian Girl in Algiers Overture; Kreisler – Leibeshed; Bach - Air on a G-string ; Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus; Bizet - Menuett from L'Arlesienne; Kreisler - Leibesfreud ; Bizet - Intermezzo and Adagietto; Cabaret; Let Me Try Again; Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; Mozart - Magic Flute C)verture; Clarke - Prince of Denmark's March; Mozart - 29th Symphony 1 ~ movt.; Debussy - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair; Mozart -3 Divertimenti; Borodin – Nocturne; Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; As Time Goes By; When I Fall in Love; Stardust; Autumn Leaves; Lara's Theme; Gounod - Ave Maria ; Mozart - 10 celebrated Quartets; Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5; Fauré – Pavanne; Mendelssohn - Midsummer night's Dream; Pachelbel - Canon in D; Puccini - Musetta's Waltz; Anthem from Chess;