Quartet

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A composition for four voices or four instruments.
  • noun. A group of four singers or four instrumentalists.
  • noun. A group of four.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In embryology, a group of four cleavage-cells considered as a unit, either because they arise at the same time, or because they have a similar origin or prospective function.
  • noun. In music: A composition or movement for four solo parts, either vocal or instrumental, usually without accompaniment.
  • noun. A company of four singers or players who perform quartets.
  • noun. In an orchestra the stringed instruments collectively, and in oratorio music the principal vocal soloists, are sometimes loosely called the quartet.
  • noun. A stanza of four lines.
  • noun. Same as quadruplet.
  • noun. The performers of such a composition, whether vocal or instrumental.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
  • noun. The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts.
  • noun. A stanza of four lines.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
  • noun. The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
  • noun. A group of four.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. four performers or singers who perform together
  • noun. four people considered as a unit
  • noun. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
  • noun. a set of four similar things considered as a unit
  • noun. a musical composition for four performers
  • Word Usage
    "BROOKLYN RIDER The string quartet is made up of musicians who worked with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, a nonprofit arts organization. 8 p.m. George Mason University, Center for the Arts, Concert Hall, 4400 University Dr.,"
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