Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A quartet of stringed instruments of the viol class, that is, usually, two violins, a viola, and a violoncello.
- noun A composition for such a quartet.
- noun All the viol instruments in an orchestra, collectively.
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Examples
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The group's virtues include exemplary string-quartet "hygiene" - ensemble in rapid passages, intonation in unisons and matching of bow strokes.
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Invite the Kronos Quartet for a residency and you know you won't just get another tour around the familiar string-quartet repertoire.
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He explained that gap in his expertise by dissing opera, writing that it was less compelling than his favorite string-quartet music: "To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces."
A Blog Too Far: How the Maestro Made Them Mad Eric Felten 2010
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He explained that gap in his expertise by dissing opera, writing that it was less compelling than his favorite string-quartet music: "To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces."
A Blog Too Far: How the Maestro Made Them Mad Eric Felten 2010
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It has been a real privilege to experience string-quartet playing of such selfless intelligence and peerless musicality.
Takács Quartet 2010
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He explained that gap in his expertise by dissing opera, writing that it was less compelling than his favorite string-quartet music: "To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces."
A Blog Too Far: How the Maestro Made Them Mad Eric Felten 2010
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Then I got a string-quartet version and it made much more sense.
Musical adapations that were meant to be Brian Clegg 2010
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Français, who died at 80 on Feb. 4, was an expert on Stradivarius instruments, and his memory was honored with a string-quartet performance of Borodin's Nocturne.
Mighty Windbags 2004
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He will, in fact, follow the example set by good string-quartet players, who listen attentively to the other instruments during rehearsals, so that the perfect welding together of the different parts may form a homogeneous whole.
Style in Singing W. E. Haslam
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So we find him writing songs, the three Japanese lyrics, for instance, that are epigrammatic in their brevity; a piece for string-quartet that is played in fifty seconds; a three-act opera that can be performed in thirty minutes.
Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Paul Rosenfeld 1918
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