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

A string quartette played softly in another room�not by hymns but music which he himself had loved.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

At last I heard some of the Russian national songs—a quartette was singing them in one of the theatres.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

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 Braden, James A. (James Andrew)