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quartet

[kwawr-tet] / kwɔrˈtɛt /




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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

A female quartet readied to play mariachi standards as Anamaria greeted well wishers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

For their penultimate friendly, Tuchel's side were without Arsenal quartet Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke after their Premier League title win and the Champions League final.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

They interrupted themselves for a moment to sing a synthetic quartet, with full super-orchestral accompaniment and gardenias on the scent organ.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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

From Salon Mar. 4, 2026

There would be many awards, nine Grammys among them, including two for the ensemble’s 1980s recordings of Béla Bartók’s string quartets.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

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

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2024

This fall, the Calidore returns to Colburn to survey a hometown composer, the Hollywood film-score icon Erich Wolfgang Korngold, playing his little-known three string quartets in the first program, in Zipper Hall.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 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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