Definition of String quartette

1. Noun. An instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello.

Exact synonyms: String Quartet
Generic synonyms: Quartet, Quartette

Lexicographical Neighbors of String Quartette

string course
string distance
string distances
string ensemble
string hoppers
string instrument
string instruments
string line
string of beads
string of words
string orchestra
string orchestras
string out
string quartet
string quartets
string quartette (current term)
string section
string sedge
string sedges
string someone along
string theoretic
string theories
string theory
string tie
string together
string trimmer
string trimmers
string up
stringboard
stringboards

Literary usage of String quartette

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"Cleveland Conservatory of Music; at head musical dept. University Sen., Cleveland. Mem. Philharmonic string quartette, and dir. ..."

2. Music (1902)
"Last, and perhaps best, we have now a string quartette and a trio club ... string quartette—1st violin, Ralph Wylie; 2d violin, Carolyn St. John Wylie; ..."

3. Theodore Thomas, a Musical Autobiography by Theodore Thomas, George Putnam Upton (1905)
"XXX THE CHICAGO string quartette [1896-1897] [In 1896 Mr. Thomas organized a string quartette, composed of players in his orchestra, and inaugurated a ..."

4. Theodore Thomas, a Musical Autobiography by Theodore Thomas, George Putnam Upton (1905)
"XXX THE CHICAGO string quartette [1896-1897] [In 1896 Mr. Thomas organized a string quartette, composed of players in his orchestra, and inaugurated a ..."

5. Complete Musical Analysis: A System Designed to Cultivate the Art of by Alfred John Goodrich (1889)
"If we select as an example the string quartette (first violin, second violin, ... The string quartette is, however, a characteristic class of music, which, ..."

6. Music: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and (1896)
"KNAPP string quartette. Among the signs of new life in the music department as Evans- ton, 111., is the presence of a very good string quartette, ..."

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