Definately but not desparately a seperate opinion here.
The spelling quartette looks to me trying to be more French than the French (a habit known to Albion dwellers of Wilde's generation and a little later), when it isn't confused with Quartette, the German plural. Another time we may get into why it's said that "The Kronos Quartet have recorded..."
Meanwhile, to read QuartetWeb's "Regist(e)ring on this site" (spelling now changed) isn't possible. I have alerted my web person, who is probably asleep. It will be fixed before long.
One of the more interesting discoveries I've happened upon in this venture is why the quartet group who commissioned one of the famous quartets of the last half of the 20th century never played it. (Guesses welcome.) Lastly, there isn't likely another public reference to the string quartets of Milton Adolphus that's even close to accurate. One day in 2010 I found the manuscripts of his complete works, up to opus 200 and including 13 symphonies. His quartets I've examined (a handful) are expert, imaginative, and witty in some cases, viz. well worth hearing. Not a note of any is recorded, although most of them may have been played once.
For orchestral music, this composer provides an answer to the excellent party question, "Whose Symphony No. 8 is in B minor?"
The spelling quartette looks to me trying to be more French than the French (a habit known to Albion dwellers of Wilde's generation and a little later), when it isn't confused with Quartette, the German plural. Another time we may get into why it's said that "The Kronos Quartet have recorded..."
Meanwhile, to read QuartetWeb's "Regist(e)ring on this site" (spelling now changed) isn't possible. I have alerted my web person, who is probably asleep. It will be fixed before long.
Quotethere must be many thousands.That's definitely true. In his book, Francis Vuibert listed more than 26,000 of them from Haydn onwards, then said that after it had been printed, he discovered another thousand composers, most from the late 19th century. Not going back that far, my site may some day contain 26,000 compositions from the 20th century alone. Nonetheless, its aim to include recordings and premieres makes it different from Vuibert's book, some of whose inaccuracies in composers and compositions I've corrected.
One of the more interesting discoveries I've happened upon in this venture is why the quartet group who commissioned one of the famous quartets of the last half of the 20th century never played it. (Guesses welcome.) Lastly, there isn't likely another public reference to the string quartets of Milton Adolphus that's even close to accurate. One day in 2010 I found the manuscripts of his complete works, up to opus 200 and including 13 symphonies. His quartets I've examined (a handful) are expert, imaginative, and witty in some cases, viz. well worth hearing. Not a note of any is recorded, although most of them may have been played once.
For orchestral music, this composer provides an answer to the excellent party question, "Whose Symphony No. 8 is in B minor?"