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quartet

[ kwawr-tet ]

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noun

quartet

/ kwɔːˈtɛt /

a group of four singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group See string quartet
any group of four
a quartet of fast bowlers

quartet

A group of four musicians or singers; also, a piece of music for four instruments or voices.

Origin of quartet¹

1765–75; < Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto < Latin quartus fourth

Origin of quartet¹

C18: from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto fourth

And he, like the other men in the quartet of so-called “sure things,” delivers a stunning, awards-worthy performance in his film.

One outside-the-boxer posted the sheet music for Take 5, composed by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Spacey's barbershop quartet cover of Jason Derulo's 'Talk Dirty?'

The quartet is presented with a pitcher of syrup, which the waiter advises we apply “temperately, but not timidly.”

Greengrass told the quartet they had the parts at Shutters Hotel in Santa Monica.

If this stinking quartet takes it into its head to levy annual blackmail, where is the money coming from?

Then in the large parish churches the quartet of singers in the west gallery where the organ was placed had been abolished.

He had composed a string quartet in B major, and an overture in F major.

I have written a new quartet, and it is to be played at a soire given by Nicholas Rubinstein.

The new quartet mentioned in this letter was begun about the end of December, or beginning of January.

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