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Definition of Quartets
1. quartet [n] - See also: quartet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartets
Literary usage of Quartets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beethoven by H. A. Rudall (1903)
"Schott bought the first of the quartets —that in EP—for fifty ducats in advance,
at about the same time he bought the overture Weihe des Hauses, ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1905)
"Works : Oratorio Dit Geburt Christi ; vocal quartets, psalms, hymns, etc. ...
quartets and -trios, solo pieces (sonatas, variations, etc. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"ITALY'S NEW SERFS Carl T. Schmidt 433 THE DICTATOR (A Story) Lion Feuchtwanger
440 LETTERS AND THE ARTS MOSTLY quartets Ezra Pound 445 ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"Hie works composed after the 'Seasons' are very few, the chief being some vocal
quartets, on whicli he set a high value. In these his devotional feeling ..."
5. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1904)
"CHAPTER VIII THE INSTRUMENTAL FORMS (continued) THE EARLY SYMPHONIES AND quartets
OF HAYDN IN the year 1749 Joseph Haydn, aged seventeen, was ignominiously ..."
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