string quartet
noun
1
: a composition for string quartet
2
: a quartet of performers on stringed instruments usually including a first and second violin, a viola, and a cello
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web During a recent visit to the Meyerhoff, every nook and cranny of the cavernous building (including the men’s locker room) seemed to contain a string quartet or violin trio working on a different piece of music. 
Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2022 Soprano Brandie Inez Sutton and baritone Justin Austin will join a string quartet and pianist Damien Sneed for a program that weaves in favorites by Handel, Puccini and Gershwin. Marc Bona, cleveland, 20 June 2022 There, guests lounged on vintage furniture while a string quartet played in the background. Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 26 July 2022 And my string quartet had a really big impact — even though nobody ever heard it, because it never was played. New York Times, 13 July 2022 Had this been a string quartet concert, the effect would have produced an ugly intrusion. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 So, the festival wisely offered Childs a consolation prize: How about another commission, this time a string quartet? Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2022 The string quartet had previously been booked by ArtPower for an April 2020 program devoted to female composers such as Fanny Mendelssohn, Ruth Crawford Seeger and UCSD alumna Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 Her score is a 21-song cycle of solo and choral works interspersed with string quartet music. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 See More
Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2022 Soprano Brandie Inez Sutton and baritone Justin Austin will join a string quartet and pianist Damien Sneed for a program that weaves in favorites by Handel, Puccini and Gershwin. Marc Bona, cleveland, 20 June 2022 There, guests lounged on vintage furniture while a string quartet played in the background. Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 26 July 2022 And my string quartet had a really big impact — even though nobody ever heard it, because it never was played. New York Times, 13 July 2022 Had this been a string quartet concert, the effect would have produced an ugly intrusion. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022 So, the festival wisely offered Childs a consolation prize: How about another commission, this time a string quartet? Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2022 The string quartet had previously been booked by ArtPower for an April 2020 program devoted to female composers such as Fanny Mendelssohn, Ruth Crawford Seeger and UCSD alumna Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022 Her score is a 21-song cycle of solo and choral works interspersed with string quartet music. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1