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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Dallas String Quartet (also known as DSQ and DSQ Electric) is an American classical crossover ensemble founded by violist and music producer Ion Zanca...
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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...
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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...
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The Hollywood String Quartet (HSQ) was an American string quartet founded by violinist/conductor Felix Slatkin and his wife cellist Eleanor Aller. The...
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String Quartet Artemis Quartet Atom String Quartet Atrium String Quartet Audubon Quartet Australian String Quartet Aviv String Quartet Badke Quartet Balanescu...
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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...
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The Bohemian Quartet (Czech: 'České kvarteto'; known as the Czech Quartet after 1918) was a Czech string quartet of international repute that was founded...
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with their policy of emphasizing modern composers, the program included the Hindemith String Quartet No 4, and quartets by composers Quincy Porter and Normand...
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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)...
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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...
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Alessandro Scarlatti (category Italian string quartet composers)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Modern Folk Quartet (or MFQ) was an American folk music revival group that formed in the early 1960s. Originally emphasizing acoustic instruments...
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Piano and String Quartet is a composition by American avant-garde composer Morton Feldman. It was commissioned by the Kronos Quartet and pianist Aki Takahashi...
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The Vermeer Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1969 at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont and active until 2007. With performances in practically...
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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...
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Jupiter String Quartet (sometimes referred to as the Jupiter Quartet) is an American classical music ensemble founded in 2001. It is a string quartet consisting...
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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...
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The Leipzig String Quartet (in German: Leipziger Streichquartett) is a German string quartet established in 1988. The ensemble was also part of the 'Ensemble...
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