1021 String Quartets Poem by John Knight

1021 String Quartets

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Scarlatti - Sonata a Quattro
First to compose for a String Quartet
Followed by Hyden - at the age of eighteen
Composed for the only four 'strings' he could get!

A Sring Quartet is your safetest bet
For nusic that's cool and appealing
With our instruments four and elaborate score
We fill and thrill from the floor to the ceiling.

An elaborate bash with lots of panache
Is where you will see us performing
At weddings and christenings we cut quite a dash
And sound good when we are just warmimg!

A cello - viola and two violins
To give us our body and range
From a very low C to a very high G
Within it our score we arrange.

Famous composers - like Mozart and Brahms
Wrote especially for the Quartet
But music quite strange we can rerarrange
Elton John and John Lennon and Louis Amrstrong......
And nothing has beaten us yet!

Society patrons leave the Programme to us
For they know we are serious - not jokey
But those - less refined - kick up quite a fuss
And expect us to play for the old Hokey Cokey!

On the cello is Bryn and I play first violin
And on the viola is Mary
And her twin brother Piers - with the sticky out ears
Plays his fiddle in manner quite scary'

We travel around on the Old Underground
From concert to gig and to order
Ninety percent - in London is spent
But sometimes we stray over her border.

We never busk - well only at dusk
We're very professional and serious
But sometimes if we're drunk - we can act a bit Punk
And put on an act quite hillariuos!

It's like we're in a trance and folk start to dance
Around Eros - late night Piccadilly
We play all sorts of Jigs (That we don't do at Gigs)
And we all act quite manic and silly.

You know how it is on the fringe of showbiz
Moreso if you're called MAGGIORE
Just once in a while - for a laugh and a smile
We play in a style - with more mischief than guile
That would put our Old Profs in a fury!

(John Knight - Cool Colchester - Boxing Day 2009)

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fay Slimm 26 December 2009

First class and so well prepared John - - flowing and very educational write...10/10 from Fay - - best wishes too for a happy New Year.

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Meggie Gultiano 26 December 2009

Thank you so much for this write, John..A pleasure to read this.Very informative. Hugs, , , your angel, Meggie

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Patti Masterman 26 December 2009

The poem is amusing enough but the understanding of music behind it is truly astonishing.

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Ivette T 26 December 2009

Love this poem as much as I loved your other poems, hard to pick a fav. As i read your poem i felt good inside my heart, the music flowed through my veins Gave you a 10+ your forever friend

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Lady Grace 26 December 2009

nicely done...strong expressions to the theme it is portrayed..

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V H Ferguson 29 January 2010

Like the eloquent music they speak of, these words sing to me. Fantastic and FUN!

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Marieta Maglas 28 December 2009

Famous composers - like Mozart and Brahms Wrote especially for the Quartet But music quite strange we can rerarrange Emotions.... and our soul touching Divinity.... all wrapped up into unity through melody......to find the Divinity in all things as one........in sound........in music for the soul.... Excellent poem, John, 10++++++++++ warm regards, Mari

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Clara Odelia Ciutara 28 December 2009

John, what a very super poem this is, I love reading this. String Quartets - so lovely and touching

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Sandra Fowler 28 December 2009

Music flows from your eloquent pen, John. Excellent write, Warm regards, Sandra

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Nivedita Bagchi SPC UK 27 December 2009

Fiesta of ‘Musik’…me with soprano sing tnnnnnnnn……rinnnnnnn...minnnn 10 Ms. Nivedita UK

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