string quartet
(streeng kwor-TET)
[Eng.]
A group of four solo performers (usually two violin performers, a viola performer, and a 'cellist) who perform together on stringed instruments as a chamber ensemble. Also, the music which they perform.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Quartet, string:
Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 (Razumovsky), I - W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 30
- Beethoven: String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 (Razumovsky), IV
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 23
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