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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Costello is the only artist anywhere who has made full albums with Burt Bacharach, a string quartet, a jazz big band, the London Symphony Orchestra, New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint, leading hip-hop group The Roots and Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Guests arrived via boat to the 18th-century villa, and were greeted by a string quartet as well as Champagne at the jetty.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 June 2025
Videos of the gathering showed throngs of people on the Capitol’s steps and lawn, quietly holding candles as a string quartet played somber music.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 19 June 2025
Her cycle Songs of Ascension, 2008, conceived for an eight-story tower designed by visual artist Ann Hamilton, brings together a string quartet, wind instruments, percussion, and a chorus in a composition that explores elevation in music.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 May 2025
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Guests arrived via boat to the 18th-century villa, and were greeted by a string quartet as well as Champagne at the jetty.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 June 2025
Videos of the gathering showed throngs of people on the Capitol’s steps and lawn, quietly holding candles as a string quartet played somber music.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 19 June 2025
Her cycle Songs of Ascension, 2008, conceived for an eight-story tower designed by visual artist Ann Hamilton, brings together a string quartet, wind instruments, percussion, and a chorus in a composition that explores elevation in music.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 May 2025
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“String quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20quartet. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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