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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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.
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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
Beethoven kicked open the door to the 19th century with his first string quartet, which opens with one of his characteristic hey, you!
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 2 May 2025
There’s a whole class of jobs in our economy that are the equivalent of a string quartet.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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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
Beethoven kicked open the door to the 19th century with his first string quartet, which opens with one of his characteristic hey, you!
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 2 May 2025
There’s a whole class of jobs in our economy that are the equivalent of a string quartet.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for string quartet
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“String quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20quartet. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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