Offhand, I'm pretty sure that Shostakovich and Bartok didn't play any string instruments.
Far more useful, for most composers, is an opportunity to work alongside or collaborate with competent and receptive players. -----Original Message----- On 18 Oct 2006 at 21:36, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > Beethoven took violin lessons before he started out writing quartets. > I am not sure you can write string quartets without playing at least > one string instrument to a certain standard...Sorry if this sounds too > negative.But I really think the best way is to learn at least one > string instrument. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
