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quartet

[kwawr-tet] / kwɔrˈtɛt /




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In March, they were even hand-picked to play a Teenage Cancer Trust gig by The Cure's Robert Smith, who called the quartet a band "at the top of their game".

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

But when the pressure heightens and matters boil over between the quartet, Wilde carefully examines the resulting eruption instead of recoiling.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

At least one Dave & Buster’s location within the past year has hired a string quartet to play live versions of iconic video game soundtracks.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

Adams offered two incidental new piano pieces and one for string quartet containing his characteristic rhythmic excitement and melodic eloquence.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Shortly before the appointed moment, the quartet of K.B.I. agents—Harold Nye, Roy Church, Alvin Dewey, and Clarence Duntz—gathered in a corridor outside the interrogation rooms.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

String quartets strummed their way through classical covers of pop hits.

From Salon Mar. 4, 2026

The evening began with one of two string quartets by Laura Valborg Aulin, a Swede who died in 1928 and is the sole female classical composer featured at this year’s festival.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

De Longe had set up desks in quartets and placed nameplates on each one.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2025

It should be fascinating to hear what they do with the remaining quartets.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2024

In the last two years of his life, now profoundly deaf and mosdy bedridden by severe illness, Beethoven withdrew into a private sound world, composing six string quartets of astonishing, unapproachable intensity.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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