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The piece is "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan William (1872-1958). It was inspired by a poem of the same name by George Meredith and originally composed for violin and piano in 1914. ...

You may find this book helpful: Annala, Hannu, and Heiki Mätlik. 2007. Handbook of guitar and lute composers. Pacific, MO: Mel Bay. It appears to be available as an ebook, which would facilitate ...

The best known guitar quintets are the four written by Luigi Boccherini. There are several others listed at the Petrucci Music Library.

Since neither Ferdinand Ries nor George Onslow (both born in 1784) can be said to be well-known, their quartets may not qualify. Nevertheless, I suggest that you check them out. The Schuppanzigh ...

Bloch! Bloch! Bloch! His 2nd SQ, written in a flurry after the release of WWII ending, is so intense! His 1st, 30 Years earlier is also excellent. His last 3 are less emotional and thusly a ...

Some composers who composed string quartets but are more famous in other genres: John Adams; Anton Arensky; Franz Berwald; Alban Berg; Ernest Chausson; Frederick Delius; Gabriel Fauré (thanks, badjohn)...

Elgar’s e Minor is very good. You could also check out Britten’s. It certainly echos Beethoven tremendously. Never did D Major sound so good either. https://youtu.be/SdKcOm_3VJU