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John Cage
1912 — 1992
Composer, Mushroom Expert
Cage studied with Henry Cowell and Schoenberg.
Music for Strings:
|
Composer |
Music |
Scoring |
Dates |
|
Cage |
Prelude for Six Instruments |
fl bsn tpt vn vc pf |
1946 |
|
Cage |
Nocturne |
vn pf |
1947 |
|
Cage |
String Quartet in Four Parts |
string quartet |
1950 |
|
Cage |
Six Melodies |
vn kbd |
1950 |
|
Cage |
16 Dances |
fl tpt 4perc vn vc pf |
1951 |
|
Cage |
59 1/2" for Any Four-String Instrument |
vn/va/vc/bs/banjo/? |
1953 |
|
Cage |
26' 1.1499" for a String Player |
vn/va/vc? |
1955 |
|
Cage |
Freeman Études I-XVI |
vn |
1977 - 1980 |
|
Cage |
Cheap Imitation (vn version) |
vn |
1977 |
|
Cage |
Chorals |
vn |
1978 |
|
Cage |
Etudes Boreales |
vc/pf |
1978 |
|
Cage |
Thirty Pieces for String Quartet |
string quartet |
1983 |
|
Cage |
Eight Whiskus (vn version) |
vn |
1985 |
|
Cage |
Seven |
fl clr vn va vc perc pf |
1988 |
|
Cage |
Four |
string quartet |
1989 |
|
Cage |
One |
vn |
1990 |
|
Cage |
Seven |
bfl bcl btrb 2perc cv bs |
1990 |
|
Cage |
One |
vc |
1991 |
|
Cage |
Two |
vn pf/sho |
1991 |
|
Cage |
Five |
string quartet and trb |
1991 |
|
Cage |
Ten |
string quartet and fl ob clr trb perc |
1991 |
|
Cage |
One |
vn |
1992 |
|
Cage |
Two |
vn pf |
1992 |
Bartolomeo Campagnoli
1751 — 1827
Violinist, Teacher
Campagnoli studied violin with Nardini. Campagnoli's etudes were often included in later methods, like those of Auer and Joachim.
Music for Strings:
|
Composer |
Music |
Scoring |
Dates |
|
Campagnoli |
6 Sonate, Op. 1 |
vn bc |
1800 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
6 Duos, Op. 2 |
fl vn |
1800 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
3 Duos, Op. 4 |
fl vn |
1800 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
6 Duos, Op. 6 |
fl vn |
1800 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
3 Airs and Varitions on Mozart, Op. 7 |
2vn |
1800 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
3 Airs and Varitions, Op. 8 |
2vn |
1800 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
3 Duos Concertants, Op. 9 |
2vn |
1800 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
6 Fugues, Op. 10 |
vn |
1810 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
30 Preludes, Op. 12 |
vn |
1810 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
6 Polonoises, Op.13 |
vn |
1810 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
6 Facile et Progressive Duos, Op. 14 |
2vn |
1810 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
Violin Concerto, Op. 15 |
vn w/ orch |
1810 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
L'illusion de la viole d'amour... , Op. 16 (scordatura) |
vn va |
1820 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
L'art d'inventar à l'imroviste des fantaisies et cadences... , Op. 17 |
vn |
1820 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
7 Divertissements, Op. 18 (studies) |
vn |
1820 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
3 Duos, Op. 19 |
2vn |
1820 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
Recueil de 101 pieces faciles et progressives, Op. 20 (lost?) |
vn |
1820 ca |
|
Campagnoli |
Nouvelle Méthode, Op. 21 |
vn |
1824 |
|
Campagnoli |
41 Caprices for Viola, Op. 22 |
va |
1825 ca |
Writings:
L'Art d'inventer à l'improviste des fantaisies et cadences pour le violon, 1790
Metodo per violino, 1797, Eng. tr. 1830 ca
Nouvelle Méthode, 1824
Lucien Capet
1873 — 1928
Violinist, Teacher

Capet is known today as the teacher of Ivan Galamian. Capet led the celebrated Quatuor Capet. Recordings of the quartet exhibit a warm pure gut string sound, dominated by Capet with his nuanced bowing, sparse vibrato, and portatmento effects.
Writings:
La Technique supérieure de l'archet, 1916
Giofredo Cappa
1644 — 1717
Maker — Turin
Followed Nicolo Amati's example.
Elliott Carter
born 1908
Composer
Carter studied composition with Walter Piston, Gustav Holst, and Nadia Boulanger.
Music for Strings:
|
Composer |
Music |
Scoring |
Dates |
|
Carter |
Pastoral |
enghrn/clr/va pf |
1940 |
|
Carter |
Elegy |
vc pf |
1943 |
|
Carter |
Elegy (arranged for quartet) |
string quartet |
1946 |
|
Carter |
Cello Sonata (uses 'metric modulation') |
vc pf |
1948 |
|
Carter |
Quartet #1 |
string quartet |
1951 |
|
Carter |
Sonata |
fl ob vc hpd |
1952 |
|
Carter |
Quartet #2 |
string quartet |
1959 |
|
Carter |
Quartet #3 |
string quartet |
1971 |
|
Carter |
Canon for 3: in memorium to Igor Stravinsky |
3 equal instruments |
1971 |
|
Carter |
Duo |
vn pf |
1974 |
|
Carter |
Triple Duo |
vn vc fl clr pf perc |
1983 |
|
Carter |
Canon for 4: Homage for William |
fl bcl vn vc |
1984 |
|
Carter |
Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi |
vn |
1984 |
|
Carter |
Quartet #4 |
string quartet |
1986 |
|
Carter |
Enchanted Preludes |
fl vc |
1988 |
|
Carter |
Con Leggerezza Pensosa |
clr vn vc |
1990 |
|
Carter |
Violin Concerto |
vn w/ orch |
1990 |
|
Carter |
Fragment (in memoriam David Huntley) |
string quartet |
1994 |
|
Carter |
Quartet #5 |
string quartet |
1995 |
|
Carter |
Quintet |
piano quintet |
1997 |
|
Carter |
Tempo E Tempi |
soprano vn enghrn bcl |
1998 |
|
Carter |
Fragment #2 |
string quartet |
1999 |
|
Carter |
Four Lauds |
vn |
2000 |
|
Carter |
Two Figments |
vc |
2001 |
|
Carter |
Oboe Quartet |
ob vn va vc |
2001 |
1765 — 1841
Violinist
Cartier studied violin with Viotti.
Writings:
L'Art du Violon, 1798 (part three contains an extensive anthology of older music)
Music for Strings:
|
Composer |
Music |
Scoring |
Dates |
|
Cartier, J. B. |
Airs Variés, Op. 3 |
vn bc |
1790 ca |
|
Cartier, J. B. |
6 Airs Variés |
vn bc |
1790 |
|
Cartier, J. B. |
6 Sonatas, Op. 6 |
vn bc |
1795 ca |
|
Cartier, J. B. |
Sonatas 'in the style of Lolli', Op. 7 (some scordatura) |
vn bc |
1797 |
|
Cartier, J. B. |
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