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Definition of Quartets

Quartet
Quartet Quar*tet", Quartette Quar*tette", n. [It. quartetto, dim. of quarto the fourth, a fourth part, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart.] 1. (Mus.) (a) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. (b) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts. 2. (Poet.) A stanza of four lines.

Meaning of Quartets from wikipedia

- 91 string quartets. Less often, string quartets are written for other combinations of the standard string ensemble. These include quartets for one violin...
- Four Quartets is a set of four poems written by T. S. Eliot that were published over a six-year period. The first poem, Burnt Norton, was published with...
- 20 quartets as follows: "Haydn's quartets of the late 1760s and early 1770s [opp. 9, 17, and 20] are high points in the early history of the quartet. Characterized...
- traditional barbershop quartet included only male singers, contemporary quartets can include any gender combination. All-female barbershop quartets were often called...
- He composed the quartets in the sequence 12, 15, 13, 14, 16, writing 13 and 15 simultaneously. Beethoven wrote these last quartets in failing health...
- Haydn quartets may refer to either string quartets by Joseph Haydn, or the Haydn Quartets written by Wolfgang Mozart in honour of Joseph Haydn. Also see...
- album), 1996 Quartet (Tony Rice and Peter Rowan album), 2007 Quartet (Ultravox album), 1982 Quartets (Boxhead Ensemble album), 2003 Quartets (Fred Frith...
- Prussian Quartets may refer to two sets of quartets dedicated to Frederick William II of Prussia, who was a talented cellist: The Prussian Quartets by Joseph...
- The "Haydn" Quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are a set of six string quartets published in 1785 in Vienna as his Op. 10, dedicated to the composer Joseph...
- the quartets' po****rity. The Nouveaux quatuors en six suites, as the title indicates, are all in suite form (in contrast to the first set of quartets)....