string quartet
noun
1
: a composition for string quartet
2
: a quartet of performers on stringed instruments usually including a first and second violin, a viola, and a cello
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The weekend closed out on a classical note with a string quartet by ALR Music and opera singers Three Tenors.
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Shelby Wax, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
Popular on Variety Although Laufey usually tours with a small band, and lately a string quartet, this wasn’t her first time playing with an orchestra even this month.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
That happens to be one of more than 1,000 string quartets Kronos has commissioned over the last half century.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Hendricks Live!, Plainfield's new performing arts center, has been slowly rolling out details of its initial season, with its first national act being '00s-era singer-songwriter Five for Fighting performing alongside a string quartet April 5.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2024
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Shelby Wax, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
Popular on Variety Although Laufey usually tours with a small band, and lately a string quartet, this wasn’t her first time playing with an orchestra even this month.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
That happens to be one of more than 1,000 string quartets Kronos has commissioned over the last half century.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Hendricks Live!, Plainfield's new performing arts center, has been slowly rolling out details of its initial season, with its first national act being '00s-era singer-songwriter Five for Fighting performing alongside a string quartet April 5.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2024
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“String quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20quartet. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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