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Wedding Quartets in Cambridgeshire

Find available wedding quartets in Cambridgeshire on our national live wedding music database

See our Cambridgeshire Wedding Quartets

Some of our wedding quartets across the UK. To view wedding quartets in Cambridgeshire select your county from the drop down box. This will show the wedding quartets that local to your area.

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Weddings, wedding quartets and composers

A wedding quartet is really a string quartet whose repertoire is suitable for use at weddings. Many composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet. Some only wrote for the quartet once they had become experienced, considering the string quartet to the be the perfect musical ensemble. A few examples are given below, as illustrations:- Frederick Corder (1852-1932; age 80); Virtú Maragno (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Carl (Karl) Boehm|Bohm (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Donald Cochrane (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Peter Richard Tahourdin (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Jean Barraque (1928-1973; age 45); Charles Stanford (1852-1924; age 71); Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763; age ca. 54); 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);

What has been written about Wedding Quartets. Cambridgeshire

Literature has many references about wedding quartets and their instruments. Here are some examples-

Fiddle, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse’s tail on the entrails of a cat. Ambrose Bierce (1842—1914?) The Devil ~ Dictionary, 1911

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Cambridgeshire

Weddings - During the wedding ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast, our Wedding Quartets can set just the right atmosphere for your .

You can hear samples of our quartets, online

Corporate & Parties - Our talented and adaptable Wedding 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 wedding quartets

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING QUARTETS

Scott Joplin - Country Club; Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter; Scott Joplin - The Easy Winners; Knight Rider Theme; Ravel – Bolero; Purcell - Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen; Saint-Saens - The Swan from Carnival of the Animals; Dvorak - Humoresque ; Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro; Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. VIII; Leaning on a Lamppost; Let's Do It - (by Cole Porter); Makin' Whoopee - (by Walter Donaldson); Molly on the Shore; The Muppet Show Theme; 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; Gossec - Tambourin ; Gershwin - Summertime ; Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik ; Greensleeves; Handel - Allegro from Recorder Sonata; Purcell - Trumpet Tune; Jerusalem; Massenet - Meditation from Thais; Pachelbel – Canon; The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; Puccini - Nessun Dorma; Rossini - William Tell Overture;