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
Examples of string quartet in a Sentence
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Artistic director and principal violin Kyu-Young Kim stands for his solo role in the work, with concertmaster Steven Copes performing in a string quartet with Eunae Koh, Maiya Papach and Julie Albers.
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Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2024
On March 28, 1949, at Times Hall, in midtown Manhattan, an unexpectedly large crowd materialized to hear the Juilliard Quartet play the second part of a two-concert survey of the six string quartets of Béla Bartók.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
This multimedia, multi-genre piece for voices and string quartet takes as its text the Chinese poems that detainees carved in the center’s walls.
—Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
Rose, swept up in the momentum of the occasion, decided to splash out on a fireworks display, a string quartet, a horse and carriage and an ice cream van.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
These covers come in a wide array of styles, from string quartets to big band to trailerizations.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2024
Go listen to some 12-tone Schoenberg string quartets and commune with God, and your selfhood will remain secure.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
The 600-seat theater's first national act will be '00s-era singer-songwriter Five For Fighting alongside a string quartet on April 5.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
One recent concert addressing censorship included two string quartets by Aaron Copeland.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2024
On March 28, 1949, at Times Hall, in midtown Manhattan, an unexpectedly large crowd materialized to hear the Juilliard Quartet play the second part of a two-concert survey of the six string quartets of Béla Bartók.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
This multimedia, multi-genre piece for voices and string quartet takes as its text the Chinese poems that detainees carved in the center’s walls.
—Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
Rose, swept up in the momentum of the occasion, decided to splash out on a fireworks display, a string quartet, a horse and carriage and an ice cream van.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
These covers come in a wide array of styles, from string quartets to big band to trailerizations.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 15 Feb. 2024
Go listen to some 12-tone Schoenberg string quartets and commune with God, and your selfhood will remain secure.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
The 600-seat theater's first national act will be '00s-era singer-songwriter Five For Fighting alongside a string quartet on April 5.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
One recent concert addressing censorship included two string quartets by Aaron Copeland.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
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“String quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20quartet. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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