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    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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    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 Juilliard String Quartet is a classical music string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman. Since its inception...
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    The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. The group is known for its performances of classical music as well...
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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 Melos Quartet was a much-recorded, Stuttgart-based string quartet active from 1965 until 2005, when its first violinist died. It also went by the...
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  • The radio.string.quartet, interim radio.string.quartet.vienna, is a contemporary string quartet based in Vienna. They are known for using a big variety...
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  • Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in the then Soviet Union. It is one of the world's longest-lasting string quartets, having...
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    The Ébène Quartet (French: Quatuor Ébène) is a French string quartet based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Quatuor Ébène was founded in 1999 at the Boulogne-Billancourt...
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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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    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 Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter...
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    The String Quartet No. 4 in C major by Béla Bartók was written from July to September 1928 in Budapest. It is one of six string quartets by Bartok. The...
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  • The Belcea Quartet is a string quartet, formed in 1994, under the leadership of violinist Corina Belcea. The quartet was formed while its members were...
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    The Budapest String Quartet was a string quartet in existence from 1917 to 1967. It originally consisted of three Hungarians and a Dutchman; at the end...
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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 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...
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  • The String Quartet No. 2 in A minor by Béla Bartók was written between 1915 and October 1917 in Rákoskeresztúr in Hungary. It is one of six string quartets...
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  • The String Quartet No. 1 in A minor by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók was completed in 1909. The score is dated January 27 of that year. It is one of six...
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  • The Kopelman Quartet is a Russian string quartet founded in 2002 by Mikhail Kopelman (violin), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Igor Sulyga (viola) and Mikhail...
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  • The Soweto String Quartet is a string quartet from Soweto in South Africa composed of Reuben Khemese, Makhosini Mnguni, Sandile Khemese and Thami Khemese...
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  • The Leonkoro Quartet is a string quartet, formed in 2019 and based in Berlin, Germany. In April 2022, the quartet won first prize and no less than 9 of...
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  • Hindemith String Quartet No 4, and quartets by composers Quincy Porter and Normand Lockwood. By 1945, they had performed in over 70 radio programs and...
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  • The Amati Quartet was a string quartet, associated with the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The ensemble performed with...
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    Bartók wrote six string quartets, for two violins, viola and cello: String Quartet No. 1 (1909), Op.7, Sz. 40, BB 52 String Quartet No. 2 (1917), Op.17...
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  • The St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) is a Canadian string quartet. In 1989, at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, violinists Geoff Nuttall and...
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    String Quartet No. 3 by Béla Bartók was written in September 1927 in Budapest. It is one of six string quartets by Bartók. The work is in one continuous...
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    The String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110 by Béla Bartók was written between 6 August and 6 September 1934. It is one of six string quartets by Bartok...
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    The Amadeus Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1987, having retained its founding members throughout its history. Noted for...
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  • pieces for string quartet (performed in Tbilisi 1984); Music for 13 strings; Wind quintet (recorded by Georgian Radio 1985); String quartet N 1 (performed...
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