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Wedding Quartets in  Dorchester   

A selection of wedding quartets in  Dorchester  on this wedding music web site

See our  Dorchester  Wedding Quartets

Here are some our wedding quartets in different parts of the UK. View wedding quartets in   Dorchester  select your county from the drop down box. This will show the wedding quartets that local to your area.

 
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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:-  Johann Georg Heinrich Back(h)ofen (1768-1839; age ca. 71); Wilfried Westerlinck (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Ron Hannah (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Judith Lang Zaimont (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); John Rutter (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909; age 48); Hugo Wolf (1860-1903; age 42); Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956; age 95); Victor Ewald (1860-1935; age 74); Maurice Emmanuel (1861-1938; age 77); Clarence Barlow (1945-still alive 2003; age ca. 58); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827; age 56);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Quartets.  Dorchester   

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

The gentlemen in private meeting . . . played three, four and five parts with viols . . . and they esteemed a violin to be an instrument only belonging to a common fiddler, and could not endure that it should come among them for fear of making their meetings to be vain and fiddling. Anthony Wood (1632—95) Antiquities, 1674

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Dorchester   

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 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

Ponchielh - Dance of the Hours; Ravel – Bolero; Barber - Adagio for Strings; Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5 and 6; Beethoven - Symphony no.1 2nd movt.; Summertime; To Life (from 'Fiddler on the Roof); Fawlty Towers; Tango Por Una Cabeza – Gardel; El Relicario – Padilla; Chopin – Valse; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Spanish Dance; Brazilian Fiddler; Pasadena; Jealousy Tango; Making Whoopee; Elgar – Nimrnd; Handel - The arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Massenet – Meditarion; Rossinn - William Tell Overture; Haydn – Serenade; Rossini - Italian Girl in Algiers Overture; Kreisler – Leibeshed; Sunrise, Sunset; if You Knew Susie; Dad's Army; Moonlight and Roses; Scott Joplin - Ragtime Dance; Bach - Air on a G-string ; Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus; Bizet - Menuett from L'Arlesienne; Kreisler - Leibesfreud ; Bizet - Intermezzo and Adagietto; Mozart - Magic Flute C)verture; Clarke - Prince of Denmark's March; Czardas;