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	University of Saskatchewan Amati Quartet in Residence : About the Amati instruments
		Nicolò’s son Girolamo (1649-1740), was the last contributor to the Amati era which left a profound vestige in the crafting of instruments of the violin family.
		Stephen Kolbinson, made by the Amati brothers in 1627, was purchased in 1955 from David McCallum, concertmaster of the London Philharmonic.
		The Amati cello, made by Heironymous Amati, Nicolò’s son, in 1690, had been given the joint seal of the Plymouth and Clive families (Clive was a general in India).
	www.amatiquartet.usask.ca /instruments (626 words)

	Amati Quartet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Three string quartets bearing the name Amati have been based in Canada: Two separate Amati string quartets have performed on 17th-century instruments built by the Amati family of Italy, and owned by the University of Saskatchewan; and a third unrelated Amati String Quartet was based in Toronto, 1985-2000.
		This first Amati String Quartet was founded in 1968 by Murray Adaskin and three other faculty members of the University of Saskatchewan: Norma Lee Bisha, second violin, Michael Bowie, viola, and Edward Bisha, cello.
		The University of Saskatchewan Amati Quartet in Residence was established in August 2003, also playing on the university's Amati instruments.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000066 (377 words)

	Amati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1550 to 1740.
		Niccolò Amati (December 3, 1596 – April 12, 1684) was the son of Girolamo Amati.
		Chicago violinist Rachel Barton was badly injured when the strap of the case holding her Amati violin was caught in a railing as she exited a Metra commuter train.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amati (496 words)

	Amherst College : News & Events: News Releases : Amati Quartet
		The Amati Quartet, which includes Willy Zimmermann, Katarzyna Nawrotek, Nicolas Corti and Claudius Hermann, was formed in 1981 in Switzerland.
		Shortly thereafter the quartet received numerous prestigious awards, among them the Premier Grand Prix of the International Competition of Evian in 1982, the Arts Prize of the City of Zurich in 1983 and the First Prize of the Karl Klinger Competition in Munich in 1986.
		The Amati Quartet has performed with the Alban Berg Quartet and the Amadeus Quartet.
	www.amherst.edu /~pubaff/news/news_releases/01/amati.html (302 words)

	Haydn Amati String Quartets DIVOX CDX-29810 [PSh]: Classical CD Reviews- August 2004 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		I once wrote that there is (almost) no such thing as a bad string quartet, that the rewards are so few and the work so difficult that only those who love it will do it at all and those who love it generally do it well.
		The Amati quartet is a virtuoso group playing with beauty of tone and phrase and astounding polish and precision.
		The Amati quartet have recorded a number of Haydn quartets and also much modern quartet music in which they specialise.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /classRev/2004/Aug04/Haydn_Amatti.htm (378 words)

	Wedding Vendor Ratings & Reviews
		Sarah from Amati was a joy to work with- she was always reachable, met with me personally to select my music and had samples and great ideas.
		Amati was not the least expensive, however, Sarah ALWAYS responded promptly via phone or email, and I knew I could trust her.
		Amati was able to get the piano/guitar score for a song we wanted in our ceremony arranged for string quartet and in the exact musical key our vocalist needed.
	www.atlantabridal.com /advertiser_review.asp?ID=9 (1334 words)

	Skampa String Quartet
		While there he promised to compose six string quartets for the king and six piano sonatas for his eldest daughter Friederike (six was the conventional number of works in a formal set).
		The cello is not really a soloist in these quartets but certainly enjoys the position of “first among equals,” often introducing themes or presenting them in an alto or treble register with the nominally higher-pitched violin or viola playing the accompaniment underneath.
		59 quartets were Beethoven’s response to a commission from the Russian ambassador to Vienna, Count Andrei Razumovsky; it was apparently as a graceful gesture to him that Beethoven included popular Russian melodies, borrowed from a printed collection of folk tunes, in the first and second of the quartets.
	www.carnegiehall.org /textSite/box_office/events/evt_6385.html (2299 words)

	Amati Brasswinds
		Amati Quartet - The Amati Quartet is a Canadian string quartet.
		Niccolo Amati - NiccolÃ² Amati (1596 - 1684) was an Italian violin-maker in Cremona.
		Amati Brasswinds - Amati Brasswinds Amati - Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin-makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1550 to 1740.
	windowhardware.globalcorrosiontech.com /amatibrasswinds.html (553 words)

	'Quartetto Serioso' or 'Eiserne Brigade?, 29 years Schoenberg Quartet
		The Schoenberg Quartet has had the privilege of spending countless hours with Eugene Lehner (born in Hungary in 1906 as Jenö Lehner), violist of the Kolisch Quartet from 1926 until 1939.
		The Schoenberg Quartet is extremely grateful for his generous help and his special friendship; to his memory we dedicate the five discs containing the music of Arnold Schoenberg, the music that he loved.
		The interpretation of a composition by a string quartet is, by definition, the fusion of ideas of four individuals.
	www.schoenbergquartet.nl /25years/quartserioso.html (2965 words)

	Maulbronn Monastery Edition > String Quartets by Schubert and Janacek > Amati String Quartet
		These compositions by Schubert and Janácek are some of the most beautiful in the entire quartet literature, and the ambience of the Maulbronn Monastery lends a rare prosaic expressiveness to this interpretation.
		In recent years, the Amati Quartet has chalked up one success after another, with performances at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, the Kölner Philharmonie, Berlin’s Konzerthaus and New York’s Carnegie Hall.
		The interpretation of the Amati quartett is highly intensified to a rather expressiv grade in every phase of the works.
	www.kuk-verlagsanstalt.com /English/Maulbronn/SetAmati.html (1057 words)

	Amati String Quartet
		In may, 1999 the quartet performed the world premiere of Andrew P. MacDonald's Quartet #3, commissioned by the Amati with the assistance of the Canada Council.
		In March of 1999 The Royal Ontario Museum featured the quartet along with visual artists, dancers, and narrators Angela Fusco and Veronica Tennant in seven family concerts during the Spring Break.
		The quartet has appeared in concerts in Toronto, Elora, Orillia and Peterborough, in several CBC broadcasts and in concert with such well-known Canadian artists as pianists Judith Peleg and Marie-André Ostiguy, clarinetist James Campbell, flutist Virginia Markson and harpist Erica Goodman and flutist Suzanne Shulman.
	www153.pair.com /bensav/Interpretes/AmatiString.html (211 words)

	Revels :: Arts, Entertainment & Ideas
		The Amati Quartet includes four players: violinists Willi Zimmermann and Anahit Kurtikyan, violist Nicolas Corti and cellist Claudius Herrmann.
		In North America, the quartet has been engaged by chamber music series of Toronto and Vancouver, Mexico City and Monterey, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and in New York City by the Frick Collection and Carnegie Hall's quartet series.
		Two of its CD recordings were honored with the Prize of the German Record Reviewers, and their recent Haydn release was awarded the prestigious Choc Musique.
	www.dailytidings.com /2003/news1009/100903r2.shtml (449 words)

	Appassionato: Amati Quartett (english) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The AMATI QUARTET formed in 1981 and was shortly thereafter recipient of various awards, among which were the Premier Grand Prix of the International Competition in Evian in 1982, the Arts Prize of the City of Zurich in 1983 and the first prize of Karl Klinger Competition in Munich in 1986.
		This artistic growth was distinguished through the intense collaboration with the Alban Berg Quartet, the Amadeus Quartet, as well as with Walter Levin, first violinist of the LaSalle Quartet.
		Besides their active concert schedule, numerous records and radio recordings document the artistic quality of the Amati Quartet.
	www.appassionato.ch /artists/BIOE/AmatiE.htm (240 words)

	Amati String Quartet
		Constitution), and as a "string quartet with passionate powers" (Berliner Morgenpost), the members of the Amati Quartet from
		Having studied with the Amadeus Quartet, the group has become a tight, homogeneous ensemble with a broad sound palette and dynamic range.
		It has gained great experience in the quartet literature from the beginning to today, and has performed many world premieres.
	www.shuppartists.com /Shupp/Artists/Amati.htm (193 words)

	ISAM Newsletter: Ruth Crawford Seeger's Different Tunes
		The String Quartet 1931 of Ruth Crawford is an original and inventive work whose numerous “experimental” features in no way detract from its spontaneity, freshness, and general musicality…In some respects serial procedures are suggested.
		In 1973 a new recording of the String Quartet 1931, performed by the Composers Quartet, was released on the Nonesuch label, along with quartets by George Perle and Milton Babbitt.
		In 1975 a performance of the orchestral arrangement of the Andante movement from the quartet occurred at a highly publicized concert by the New York Philharmonic.
	depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /isam/tick.html (3325 words)

	Scores by Terry Riley
		THE ECSTACY is most possibly Terry's greatest quartet, most certainly ranking up there with the other Salome Dances for Peace quartets and Requiem for Adam.
		This quartet is the 3rd in the cycle and opens with the canonic Echos of Primordial Time, sonic waves of melismatic patterns built on eastern scales.
		The longest and most complex quartet in the Salome cycle is a powerfully driving work strongly colored with the melodic and rhythmic inflections of India, written almost 20 years ago.
	www.terryriley.com /sheetmusic.htm (1671 words)

	Terry Riley Bio
		Together they began the long association that has so far produced 12 string quartets, a quintet Crows Rosary and a concerto for string quartet, The Sands which was the Salzburg Festival’s first ever new music commission.
		The epic 5 quartet cycle, Salome Dances for Peace was selected as the #1 Classical album of the year by USA Today and was nominated for a Grammy.
		The Rova Saxophone Quartet, Array Music, Seitgeist, the Steven Scott Bowed Piano Ensemble, The California E.A.R. unit, Guitarists David Tanenbaum, the Assad Brothers, the Abel Steinberg-Winant Trio, Pianist Werner Bartschi, and the Amati Quartet are some of the performers and ensembles who have commissioned and performed Terry Riley’s works.
	www.mundomundo.com /riley_Bio.html (545 words)

	LYSO Chamber Ensembles plan performance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The chamber ensemble program is one facet of LYSO, a project of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, and has rapidly expanded from one string quartet during its initial season to nine ensembles this season.
		LYSO Promethean Quartet: Nancy Ho, Melody Rowland, Catherine Spikes and Kevin Vaughn, with coach Sue Baer.
		LYSO Amati Quartet: Mengkai Shieh, Abi Rhoades, Joshua Cowan and Mengson Shieh, with coach Robert Meinecke.
	lubbockonline.com /news/032397/lyso.htm (265 words)

	11/2003: Magnificent Miró: String quartet brings fresh energy and international cachet to Music School
		From its earliest days, the quartet — comprising members Daniel Ching and Sandy Yamamoto, violins; John Largess, viola; and Joshua Gindele, cello — has been wowing audiences with skill and showmanship.
		The Miró bested a field of four other finalists — the Switzerland-based Amati Quartet, as well as the Miami, St. Petersburg, and Ying Quartets — for the newly created Endowed Faculty String Quartet position at the University.
		Attracting a quartet of this caliber reflects positively on the entire campus, notes Bob Freeman, dean of the College of Fine Arts, because it demonstrates that the University is able to recruit talent in fields beyond traditional academic disciplines and athletics.
	www.utexas.edu /supportut/news_pub/tt_fall03_miro.html (838 words)

	Deo et Patriae: Events in the History of the University of Saskatchewan: 1969
		century Amati instruments to the University of Saskatchewan for a nominal fee, with the understanding that they would be used for the benefit of the people of the province.
		Steve Kolbinson was himself an excellent musician and clearly, an exceptional collector. As an editorial noted, he wanted the people of Saskatchewan “have the pleasure of enjoying [these] rare instruments and the satisfaction of knowing [the province] is home to such exquisite pieces.”
		The four instruments, built by members of the Amati family between 1607 and 1690, are the only Amati quartet in Canada and one of the few in the world.
	scaa.usask.ca /gallery/uofs_events/articles/1969.php (196 words)

	bio
		Stuart inherited the strong cultural interest of his parents: his father Stephen was an enthusiastic music lover who, after years of struggle through the Great Depression, became a prominent collector of stringed instruemnts and owner of the famous Amati quartet now in the possession of the University of Saskatchewan.
		Stuart's lifelong interest in the organ began in his teens and continued with the construction of a home organ, frequent correspondence with organ lovers and builders on two continents, an apprenticeship during winter months with a Toronto organ-builder, and frequent visits to the Casavant factory in Ste.
		He, however, refused to surrender, and finally persuaded an owner of an Amati quartet in France to break it, and promptly bought the viola.
	www.pipe-organ-letters.com /bio.html (2401 words)

	Kronos Quartet
		Most recently, he completed The Cusp of Magic, for string quartet and pipa, in 2005 – commissioned for Kronos in honor of his 70th birthday, the work marked a 25-year association for Riley and Kronos.
		The Rova Saxophone Quartet, Array Music, Zeitgeist, the Steven Scott Bowed Piano Ensemble, the California E.A.R. Unit, David Tanenbaum, the Assad brothers, the Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, Werner Bartschi and the Amati Quartet are some of the performers and ensembles who have commissioned and performed Riley’s works.
		A recently completed piano concerto, Banana Humberto 2000, was performed with the Paul Dresher Ensemble in the spring of 2000, and Riley is at work on a new solo cello piece commissioned by legendary artist Bruce Connor for cellist Jean Jeanrenaud.
	www.kronosquartet.org /SR/prog4.html (1611 words)

	String Quartet Festival in Paris
		PARIS, 15 October 2005—The string quartet is often seen as the vehicle for the blossoming of a certain idea of pure music, born during the early years of German romanticism.
		For those with a passion for this intimate musical form, the Second String Quartet Biennial in Paris is an excellent pretext to spend a week in the French capital this November.
		Recently released in Buenos Aires and soon to be released in the United States and Europe, the Cuartetango String Quartet's debut album L'Atelier incorporates classic works from the Golden Age of Tango and new and original arrangements of Nuevo Tango by Astor Piazzolla, Nestor Marconi, Osvaldo Berlingieri, Osvaldo Montes, and other leading composers.
	www.culturekiosque.com /klassik/travel/string_quartet_biennial.html (329 words)

	Fine Art, Antiquities and the Sound of Music at Maastricht's TEFAF 2005
		The jubilee performance on three antique Amati violins at TEFAF Maastricht is having a contagious effect on art and antique dealers.
		To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Amati’s birth, a unique jubilee concert with original Amati instruments from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries will be held on Sunday March 6 in the Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht.
		To mark the Amati jubilee festival, the Amati String Trio will be performing Beethoven’s Serenade opus 8 for violin at TEFAF on Monday 7 March, followed by the University of Saskatchewan Amati String Quartet playing The Lark by Haydn.
	www.luxurytraveler.com /tefaf_maastricht_2005.htm (1918 words)

	Cantaloupe Music: About In C and Terry Riley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The epic 5 quartet cycle, Salome Dances for Peace was selected as the #1 Classical album album of the year by USA Today and was nominated for a Grammy.
		The 3rd Requiem quartet, Requiem for Adam received wide critical acclaim marking a 20 year association for Riley and Kronos.
		The Rova Saxophone Quartet, Array Music, Zeitgeist, the Steven Scott Bowed Piano Ensemble, The California E.A.R. unit, Guitarist's David Tanenbaum, the Assad brothers.
	www.cantaloupemusic.com /riley/aboutriley.html (1049 words)

	Cozio.com: violin by NicolÃ² Amati, 1656 (King Louis XIV; Youssoupov, Panajeff)
		Amati Quartet, Ex-John Jay & Sandra Day O'Conner, Machold Rare Violins, 2000.
		In 1966, while members of this quartet [the Claremont String Quartet of the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem] were dining in a Brooklyn restaurant, the jewelled Amati was stolen from the cellist's car.
		When the instrument appeared at Jacques Francais' New York shop one day in 1971, he recognized it immediately; it was returned to the Corcoran Gallery intact and undamaged.
	www.cozio.com /Instrument.aspx?id=2580 (409 words)

	Untitled Document
		After collaborating with the Alban Berg and the Amadeus Quartets, the quartet quickly made a name for itself by winning the “Premier Grand Prix” of the International Competition of Evian (1982), the arts prize of the City of Zurich (1983), and first prize in the Karl Klinger competition in Munich (1986).
		The Amati Quartet members are Willi Zimmermann and Katarzyna Nawrotek, violin, Nicolas Corti, viola, and Claudius Herrmann, cello.
		Tickets for the concert are $12 for members of the Museum and $15 for non-members; students and military are $5, and children middle school and under are admitted free.
	www.und.nodak.edu /dept/our/uletter/nov22001.html (8392 words)

	JNL12: Adolph Weiss: composer/bassoonist
		The Seven Songs for Soprano and String Quartet (Emily Dickinson), 1928, were first performed at the New School for Social Research by Mary Bell and the New World String Quartet and were recorded by these performers for the first issue of the New Music Quarterly Recordings.
		When the New Music Quartet of San Francisco performed it in 1936, a review by Alexander Fried stated: "Weiss' quartet is characteristically complex and dissonant to the point of anguish.
		The Concerto for Bassoon and String Quartet (1949) was first performed by the composer (bassoon) and a Studio Quartet, Scipione Guidi, 1st violin; Miss Gifford, 2nd violin; Robert Lane, viola; Willem van den Burg, 'cello, at the First Congregational Church, Los Angeles.
	www.idrs.org /www.idrs/publications2/journal2/Jnl12/weiss.html (3866 words)

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