- a variation of quartet.
quartette
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
Where is the fourth member of the quartette?
From Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp by Allen Chapman
An occasional song appropriate to the lesson may be rendered as a solo or quartette.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Amos R. Wells
That particular quartette was built on a musical phrase begun by one of the sopranos and repeated by each.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word