The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century...

Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) is an American musical group from Los Angeles known for its series of tribute albums to rock and pop acts. VSQ is a series...

The Emerson String Quartet, also known as the Emerson Quartet, was an American string quartet initially formed as a student group at the Juilliard School...

playing these files? See media help. Joseph Haydn wrote sixty-eight string quartets. (The number was previously thought to be eighty-three, but this includes...

Dallas String Quartet (also known as DSQ and DSQ Electric) is an American classical crossover ensemble founded by violist and music producer Ion Zanca...

The String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810, known as Death and the Maiden, is a piece by Franz Schubert that has been called "one of the pillars of the...

The String Quartet No. 13 in B♭ major, Op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed (in its final form) in November 1826. The number traditionally assigned...

The Takács Quartet is a string quartet founded in Budapest, Hungary, and now based in Boulder, Colorado, United States. In 1975, four students at the...

The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years...

The Hollywood String Quartet (HSQ) was an American string quartet founded by violinist/conductor Felix Slatkin and his wife cellist Eleanor Aller. The...

This is a list of string quartet composers, chronologically sorted by date of birth and then by surname. It includes only composers who have Wikipedia...

The Leipzig String Quartet (in ‹See Tfd›German: Leipziger Streichquartett) is a German string quartet established in 1988. The ensemble was also part...

String Quartet Artemis Quartet Atom String Quartet Atrium String Quartet Audubon Quartet Australian String Quartet Aviv String Quartet Badke Quartet Balanescu...

development of the symphony), of the four-part sonata (progenitor of the modern string quartet), and of the technique of motivic development. He was a model for...

The six String Quartets, Op. 76, by Joseph Haydn were composed in 1797 or 1798 and dedicated to the Hungarian count Joseph Georg von Erdődy (1754–1824)...

Ruth Crawford Seeger's String Quartet (1931) is "regarded as one of the finest modernist works of the genre". It was funded by the Guggenheim Foundation...

String Quartet No. 1 ("From My Life", Czech: "Z mého života") in E minor, written in 1876, is a four-movement chamber composition by Czech composer Bedřich...

The Doric String Quartet is a string quartet based in the UK. It was formed in 1998. As of 2023, the members are Alex Redington and Ying Xue on violin...

The London String Quartet was a string quartet founded in London in 1908 which remained one of the leading English chamber groups into the 1930s, and...

with their policy of emphasizing modern composers, the program included the Hindemith String Quartet No 4, and quartets by composers Quincy Porter and Normand...

variety of tracks both original and historical, from Gregorian chants to modern minimalism, and makes extensive use of classical music as well as both world...

The Bohemian Quartet (Czech: 'České kvarteto'; known as the Czech Quartet after 1918) was a Czech string quartet of international repute that was founded...

The Modern Folk Quartet (or MFQ) was an American folk music revival group that formed in the early 1960s. Originally emphasizing acoustic instruments...

composers. The main kinds of instrumental music were the sonata, trio, string quartet, quintet, symphony (performed by an orchestra), and the solo concerto...

The Escher String Quartet is an American string quartet based in New York City, where they serve as Artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center...

Pavel Haas composed his second string quartet, Op. 7, titled "From the Monkey Mountains" (Czech: "Z opičích hor"), in 1925, three years after he finished...

six string quartets Op. 20 by Joseph Haydn are among the works that earned Haydn the sobriquet "the father of the string quartet". The quartets are considered...

The Guarneri Quartet was an American string quartet founded in 1964 at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. It was admired for its rich, warm, complex...

The Salomon Quartet was formed in 1982 as one of the first string quartets playing music of the classical period on authentic instruments and informed...

work." The String Quartet has been praised by music critics and remains one of the most widely performed and recorded modern string quartets. Graham Rickson...