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Definition of quartet : Alt. of Quartette

Synonyms:

Little Joe, quadruple, quaternity, quaternion, 4, intravenous feeding, ensemble, quatern, four musicians, four voices, principals, string quartet, IV, quartette, quadruplet, four-spot, tetrad

foursome, quadrangle, four, quadrangular, rectangular, quad, square, quaternary, quadrilateral, quadrennium, quarto, quadrille, rectangle, quadrature

concert, arrangement, ballad, air, ballet, hymn, chorus, music, carol, composition, melody, ditty, lullaby, instrumental, psalm, bebop, tune, lyric, syncopation, score, harmony, symphony, jazz, song, blues, sonata, concerto, aria, vocalization, serenade

Usage examples:

• 14. Besides the thirty operas Verdi wrote a string quartet, The Manzoni Requiem, and a National Hymn. - "Child's Own Book of Great Musicians: Verdi", Thomas Tapper.
• The production of Bellini's last opera, " I Puritani," in 1834, was one of the greatest musical events of the age, not solely on account of the work, but because of the very remarkable quartet which embodied the principal characters,- Grisi, Rubini, Tamburini, and Lablache. - "Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday", Henry C. Lahee.
• A horn quartet then begins the soft theme No. 13, Tristan's failing voice telling how he sees the vision of Isolde floating towards him over the sea. - "Wagner's Tristan und Isolde", George Ainslie Hight.