Definition of string quartet
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: a composition for string quartet
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: a quartet of performers on stringed instruments usually including a first and second violin, a viola, and a cello
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At least on second hearing — the first a recording of the original string quartet version — the vocal lines didn’t always evince obvious connections to the words or emotions.
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 11 May 2021
The piece employs the instruments of a string quartet — two violins, viola and cello — but they’re not played in any conventional way.
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Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
The concert will explore the junctures between Western classical, jazz and traditional Arab music and will also include three pieces Yamani composed for string quartet and keyboards.
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Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2021
Rina Sawayama goes full-on boss babe for her Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, commanding a string quartet and band in sheer hot-pink tights.
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Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2021
The ensemble served up a survey of the string quartet genre, from its early days to the present.
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Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021
Steel pored through Dawson’s papers at Emory University and saw that Dawson had written a sonata for solo violin, also arranging the piece’s slow movement for piano trio and string quartet.
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BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
Quick, imagine a string quartet concert in a private home.
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BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2021
With enough room for up to 16 guests in the hot-air balloon, couples can even choose to bring a full string quartet.
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Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2021
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