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Quotations about Wedding Music ensembles

Much has been written about the wedding music and its instruments. Here are some quotations:-

"  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 "

Arrangers and composers through the ages

Many composers have written music specifically for the String Quartet, which was considered by many of them to be the ‘most perfect ensemble’. Other musical works have been transcribed for the quartet, including orchestral, vocal, and even pop and jazz band pieces.. A few examples are given below, as illustration.

Jan Maegaard (1926-still alive 2003; age ca. 77); Andrea Gabrieli (1533-1585; age ca. 52); Giaches de Wert (1535-1596; age ca. 61); Fabrizio Dentice (1539-1581; age ca. 42); William Byrd (1540-1623; age ca. 83); Giulio Caccini (1545-1618; age ca. 73); Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1547-1607; age ca. 60); Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000; age 89); Nino Rota (1911-1979; age ca. 68); Jan Mul (1911-1971; age 60); Charles Burney (1726-1814; age 88); Pasquale Anfossi (1727-1797; age ca. 70); Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611; age ca. 63); Győrgy Kurtág (1926-still alive 2003; age ca. 77); Morton Feldman (1926-1987; age 61); Earle Brown (1926-2002; age 75); Jacques Bondon (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Piet Kee (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Eustache du Caurroy (1549-1609; age ca. 60); Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779; age 52); Claude-Benigne Balbastre (1727-1799; age 72); Henri Hardouin (1727-1808; age ca. 81); Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789; age ca. 62); Nicoló Piccinni (1728-1800; age 72); Pomponio Nenna (1550-1613; age ca. 63); Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605; age 54); Anthony Holborne (1550-1602; age ca. 52); Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591; age ca. 41); Sebastián de Vivanco (1551-1622; age ca. 71); Giovanni Gabrieli (1553-1612; age ca. 59); John Diercks (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Franz Reizenstein (1911-1968; age ca. 57); Gustaf Allan Pettersson (1911-1980; age 68); Jehan-Ariste Alain (1911-1940; age 29); Bernard Brindel (1912-1997; age 85); Salvador Contreras-Sánchez (1912-1982; age 69); John Joubert (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Friedrich Cerha (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Emma Lou Diemer (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Simeon Pironkoff (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Luca Marenzio (1553-1599; age ca. 46); Alonso Lobo (1555-1617; age ca. 62);

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