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string quartet
noun
- a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
- a first violinist, second violinist, violist, and cellist forming a group for the performance of string quartets and similar music.
string quartet
noun
- an instrumental ensemble consisting of two violins, one viola, and one cello
- a piece of music written for such a group, usually having the form and commonest features of a sonata
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Word History and Origins
Origin of string quartet1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
One spring night four years ago my fiancée and I were at Carnegie Hall, listening to the Emerson String Quartet play Beethoven.
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He had composed a string quartet in B major, and an overture in F major.
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A beautiful string quartet by him has won its way in many German towns.
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It suited his taste to have the first string quartet of Europe in his service.
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This was emphatically the case with the sonata, the symphony and the string quartet.
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He also organised a string quartet, and was considered a most excellent performer of chamber-music.
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