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Wedding Quartets in  The UK   

Find available wedding quartets in  The UK  on our national live wedding music database

See our  The UK  Wedding Quartets

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

 
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Interested in our wedding quartets? Just send an email for a rapid, no obligation quotation. If you'd like to discuss the musical possibilities 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.      

 

Weddings, wedding quartets and composers

Most composers have written music for the Wedding Quartet, which was considered by many of them to the be the perfect musical ensemble. A few examples are given below, as illustrations:-  Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897; age 35); Rand Steiger (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Gheorghi Arnaoudov (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Aris Carastathis (1957-still alive 2003; age ca. 46); Thomas Oboe Lee (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Stephen Truelove (1946-still alive 2003; age ca. 57); Peter Lieberson (1946-still alive 2003; age ca. 57); Peteris Vasks (1946-still alive 2003; age ca. 57); Ludwig Berger (1777-1838; age 60); Johann Gottlob Werner (1777-1822; age ca. 45); Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837; age 58); Hans van Eck (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Annette Kruisbrink (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Frederick Delius (1862-1934; age 72); Claude Debussy (1862-1918; age 55); Johan Wagenaar (1862-1941; age 78);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Quartets.  The UK   

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  The UK   

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

 
   Some examples of the repertoire of our wedding quartets   

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING QUARTETS

I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Match of the Day; Traumerei – Schumann; Waltz op 12 – Grieg; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.3; Bizet - Carmen Suite; Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein; Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Beethoven - Symphony no.1 2nd movt.; Chopin – Valse; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; String Boogie - Phil Green; The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; 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;