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Wedding Quartets in  Weston-Super-Mare   

See and hear the wedding quartets in  Weston-Super-Mare  on this UK wide website of wedding musicians

See our  Weston-Super-Mare  Wedding Quartets

A small selection of our wedding quartets across the UK is shown below. To find wedding quartets in   Weston-Super-Mare  choose your county from the drop down box to see the wedding quartets that play in your area.

 
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Wedding music, composers and wedding quartets

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:-  James Dillon (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Richard Cooke (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865; age 51); Mihaly Mosonyi (1814-1870; age ca. 56); Josephine Lang (1815-1880; age 65); Andrew Ladd (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Jos (Jozef Johannes Helena) Smeets (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894; age 24); Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939; age 69); Louis Vierne (1870-1937; age 66); Robert Volkmann (1815-1883; age 68); Robert Franz (1815-1892; age 77); William Sterndale Bennett

 
 

Wedding Quartets - a quotation:  Weston-Super-Mare   

A sample of what has been written about wedding quartets:-

Is it not strange that sheeps’ guts should hale souls out of men’s bodies? (Benedict) William Shakespeare (1564—1616) Much Ado About Nothing, 1598, Act 11, Sc ill

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Weston-Super-Mare   

Wedding - With one of our Wedding Quartets you can be sure that your special day will be made even more special with music during the wedding ceremony, drinks reception or wedding breakfast.

You can hear samples of our quartets, online

Corporate & Parties - Our highly versatile Wedding Quartets also play for a wide spectrum of non wedding events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

 
   Some examples of the repertoire of our wedding quartets   

EXAMPLES OF A WEDDING QUARTETS REPERTOIRE

String Quartet K298 – Mozart; Morning – Grieg; String Quartet K159 – Mozart; Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein; Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; String Boogie - Phil Green; Moment Musicale Op 94 No 3 – Schubert; Norwegian Dance – Grieg; String Quartet K160 – Mozart; Slavonic Dance – Dvorak; Four Fancies for flute & string trio - Gordon Jacob; Salut d'Amou – Elgar; Chanson de Matin – Elgar; The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Dark Eyes - Trad.; 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; Ave Maris – Gounod; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Cabaret; Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffmann; Capriol Suite – Warlock; String Quartet K168 – Mozart; Greensleeves; I know that My Redeemer Liveth; String Quartet K170 – Mozart; Jesu' Joy - J S Bach; Let Me Try Again;