stringed quartet
1stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …
2List of string quartet composers — Born before 1800= *Giovanni Battista Sammartini (ca. 1700 ndash;1775): wrote several quartets though as with many early works for the medium some of these could be played equally by a small string orchestra. *Christian Cannabich (1731 ndash;1798) …
3String quartet — A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group. The string quartet is one of the most prominent chamber ensembles in… …
4String Quartet No. 2 (Prokofiev) — Sergei Prokofiev wrote his String Quartet No. 2 in F Major (Op. 92) in 1941.BackgroundProkofiev, along with other Soviet artists, were evacuated from the major cities when the Nazis broke their non aggression pact and invaded the Soviet Union in… …
5String Quartet No. 4 (Bartók) — The String Quartet No. 4 by Béla Bartók was written from July to September, 1927 in Budapest.The work is in five movements:# Allegro # Prestissimo, con sordino # Non troppo lento # Allegretto pizzicato # Allegro molto This work, like the String… …
6string quartet — string quartets 1) N COUNT A string quartet is a group of four musicians who play stringed instruments together. The instruments are two violins, a viola, and a cello. The guests were entertained by a string quartet. ...a recital by the Borodin… …
7string quartet — 1. a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello. 2. a first violinist, second violinist, violist, and cellist forming a group for the performance of string… …
8string quartet — noun Date: 1875 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 …
9string quartet — n. 1. a quartet of players on stringed instruments, usually first and second violins, a viola, and a violoncello 2. a composition for such a group …
10string quartet — string′ quartet′ n. 1) mad a musical composition for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello 2) mad the musicians performing string quartets • Etymology: 1870–75 …
