quartette
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Nutrition faddist John Harvey Kellogg, whose sanatorium briefly embraced Fletcherism, tried to re-enliven mealtimes by hiring a quartette to sing “The Chewing Song,” an original Kellogg composition, while diners grimly toiled.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013
Into a household lately bereft of its entire corps of servitors, he introduces a quartette of nobles from the vicinity of the Volga.
From Time Magazine Archive
You used to live in an artistic circle, that you could charm with a Beethoven quartette.
From Woman and Artist by Max O'Rell
That particular quartette was built on a musical phrase begun by one of the sopranos and repeated by each.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
A member of this quartette of friends I am sure you will like is Paul Jones—slight, slender, audacious.
From The Auto Boys' Quest by James A. (James Andrew) Braden
