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Quotations about Wedding Music ensemblesMuch has been written about the wedding music and its instruments. Here are some quotations:- " One day ... my wife and I were walking, and as we passed a second-hand music shop, there in the window stood the one thing which I had wanted to own and play ever since I could remember. There it stood: fat, solid, charming in every way—a tuba! The next thing I knew was that I had bought him, and my wife and I were carrying him across Piccadilly Circus in the pouring rain. At home we gave him a nice bath and a rub. For the next three days I produced a series of noises so dreadful and so sordid that a rumor went about in the neighborhood that we were keeping a live elephant in the bath. But on the fourth day I was able to make some quite nice noises ... Gerard Hoffnung (1925—59) Music Club, BBC broadcast, 1954 " Arrangers and composers through the agesMany 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. Sayat Nova (1712-1795; age ca. 83); Steven Finch (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Mehmet Aktug (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Zlata Razdolina (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); David Hönigsberg (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Dev Dosaj (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Friedrich II der Grosse (the Great) (1712-1786; age 74); Vitezslav Novak (1870-1949; age 78); Joseph Ryelandt (1870-1965; age 95); Alfred Hill (1870-1960; age 89); Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938; age 68); Charles Tournemire (1870-1939; age 69); Domingo Terradellas (1713-1751; age 38); Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780; age 66); Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787; age 73); Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788; age 74); Nicoló Jommelli (1714-1774; age 59); Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785; age 71); Mark Gustavson (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Michel Lysight (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Simon Holt (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Magnus Lindberg (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Tim Knight (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Norbert Wissing (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Steve Martland (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Robert Scott Thompson (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Annie Gosfield (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777; age 62); Jacques Duphly (1715-1789; age ca. 74); Jan Václav (Johann) Stamic (1717-1757; age 39); Florent Schmitt (1870-1958; age 87); Eduardo García Mansilla (1870-1930; age ca. 60); Franz Lehár (1870-1948; age 78); Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894; age 24); Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939; age 69); Mathias Georg Monn|Man (1717-1750; age 33); Leopold Mozart (1719-1787; age 67); Johan Nicolaas Lentz (1720-1782; age ca. 62); Johann Schobert (1720-1767; age ca. 47); Christiaan de Jong (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); Piet Swerts (1960-still alive 2003; age ca. 43); CLICK HERE [About Wedding Musicians] [Ensembles in Halesowen wedding music repertoire] [About Halesowen] [About music in Halesowen] [About Wedding Venues] [About Wedding Ceremonies registrars, ministers and music] [About other kinds of music such as jazz or folk] [Frequently Asked Questions FAQs] [Ensembles1] [Ensembles2] [Ensembles3] [Ensembles4] [Links] [Home Page]
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