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string quartet

Word definitions for string quartet in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The String Quartet, Op. 28 by Anton Webern is written for the standard string quartet group of two violins , viola and cello . It was the last piece of chamber music that Webern wrote (his other late works include two cantatas Op. 29/31 and the Variations ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello [syn: string quartette ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context music English) a group of four musicians playing string instruments, usually two violins, a viola and a cello 2 (context music English) a musical composition for such a group

Usage examples of string quartet.

It calls for soprano and bass-baritone soloists, a double quartet of better than average choral singers, and an orchestra consisting of string quartet and double-bass, with piano, oboe and French horn.

Together they formed a competent string quartet, which was soon in demand on the concert circuit.

There was talk once, by a Greek ship owner impressed with her playing, of her string quartet playing on board a luxury cruise ship for anything up to a year.

The piped-in Muzak on this lowest level of the Fedic Dogan sounded like Beatles tunes as rendered by The Comatose String Quartet.

A string quartet from the college at Greeley played Mozart, but as always when this gracious couple entertains, the highlight of the evening came when they were persuaded to give their delightful rendition of “.

It was about three o'clock in the morning when she had found not only the hair-net but the parts for the half-finished string quartet.

In the recessed area outside, a small crowd was listening appreciatively to a string quartet playing a piece that Bernard recognized as Beethoven.

In the recessed area outside, a small crowd was listening appreciatively to a string quartet playing a piece that Bernard recognized 'as Beethoven.

Every succeeding work showed the same distinction of mind: a Suite for clarinet and strings, a Second String Quartet, a Symphony on a small scale (as compared with the block-busters, demanding more than a hundred players, following on the nineteenth-century masters), a body of songs that were real songs and not merely measured utterance undertaken in rivalry with an argumentative piano, and last of all a Requiem for Benjamin Britten which knocked the breath out of Schnak, and made her aware beyond a doubt that she had met her master.