Staffordshire Musicians

Wedding musicians in Staffordshire can be found ,click this link of music and musicians, covering weddings, parties, corporate functions and concert clubs.

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Quotations about Wedding Music ensembles

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

"  Despite Mozart’s gifts as a pianist, his favourite instrument was theviola—appropriately enough, for it lies at the heart of the string quartet. Alec Hyatt King (1911— Mozart Chamber Music, 1968 "

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.

Colin Matthews (1946-still alive 2003; age ca. 57); Jorge Rapp (1946-still alive 2003; age ca. 57); Tristan Keuris (1946-1996; age 50); Bjørn Kruse (1946-still alive 2003; age ca. 57); Jean Jacques Lamoureux (1946-still alive 2003; age ca. 57); Wladimir Vogel (1896-1984; age ca. 88); Jean Wiéner (1896-1982; age ca. 86); Carl Reinecke (1824-1910; age 85); Anton Bruckner (1824-1896; age 72); Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884; age 60); Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899; age 73); Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917; age ca. 91); Jacobo Ficher (1896-1978; age ca. 82); Boleslaw Szabelski (1896-1979; age 82); Boris Vladimirovich Savel'ev (1896-1966; age 69); Roger Huntington Sessions (1896-1985; age 88); Howard Hanson (1896-1981; age ca. 85); Dimitri Nicolau (1946-still alive 2003; age ca. 57); Joseph Turrin (1947-still alive 2003; age ca. 56); Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864; age 37); Carlos Micháns (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Christopher Bochmann (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Don "Orfeo" Rechtman (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Keith Barnard (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Jack Gallagher (1947-still alive 2003; age ca. 56); Michael Mauldin (1947-still alive 2003; age ca. 56); Paul Patterson (1947-still alive 2003; age ca. 56); Virgil Thomson (1896-1989; age 93); Hekel Tavares (1896-1969; age 72); Ernest Steffan (1896-1967; age 71); Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963; age ca. 67); Michel Bero (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); John Thomas (1826-1913; age ca. 87); Edmond Dédé (1827-1903; age ca. 76); Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827-1885; age 57); Joseph Strauss (1827-1870; age 42); Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970; age 73); Carlo Taube (1897-1944; age ca. 47); Arnaldo D'Espósito (1897-1945; age ca. 48); Gwyneth V. Walker (1947-still alive 2003; age ca. 56); John Adams (1947-still alive 2003; age ca. 56); Nicolai S. Korndorf (1947-2001; age 54);

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