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quartet

[kwawr-tet] / kwɔrˈtɛt /




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The experiment failed — none of the quartet advanced beyond Class-A — yet Fontaine maintained the sunny outlook he inherited from his father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

While the quartet — the first metal band to perform at Sphere — tore through the instrumental deep cut “The Call of Ktulu,” that drippy leviathan swatted at life-sized fighter jets on the screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The fact that a quartet of such caliber signed on to this dreck would be surprising if Netflix’s M.O. weren’t trapping great actors in middling movies.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Word-of-mouth for her sophomore novel “The Immortalists,” about a quartet of siblings who all learn the exact date of their future deaths, was uncontainable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

She once sang with Sarah Vaughan in the Bluebon- nets, a quartet that sang with Earl Hines.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Walt Disney designed Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. to transport visitors out of the modern world into a family-friendly fantasy packed with old-fashioned storefronts and barbershop quartets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Her roots are pure Appalachia; growing up in Sandy Hook, Ky., as the daughter of a dentist turned local politician and a mother who played piano for gospel quartets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026

There is some loss of energy and intensity in the first two quartets, but, beginning with the Third, the Casals manages to hold spaciousness and intensity in a delicate balance.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2024

Most of his contemporaries didn't know what to make of these late quartets.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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