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A string quartet in performance. From left to right: violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello. The early history of the string quartet is in many ways the history of the development of the genre by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn.
A string quartet in performance. From left to right - violin 1, violin 2, cello, viola. In classical music, one of the most common combinations of four instruments in chamber music is the string quartet. [3] String quartets most often consist of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
One of the most popular and standardized groupings in classical chamber music, the string quartet, is composed entirely of instruments from the violin family: two violins, one viola and one cello. This similarity in the manner of sound production allows string quartets to blend their tone colour and timbre more easily than less homogeneous groups.
The Audubon Quartet was the recipient of many first-time awards and special honors, including top prizes at three international string quartet competitions (1977-1979), being the first American string quartet to be invited by the Chinese Ministry of Culture to perform on the Mainland (1981), following the normalization of relations between the ...
The Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op.21 (French: Concert pour piano, violon et quatuor à cordes) is a piano sextet by Ernest Chausson scored for piano, violin and string quartet. The work was composed between 1888 and 1891.
Bond was formed following initial conversations between Vanessa-Mae composer and record producer Mike Batt and her manager, promoter Mel Bush, after Batt suggested to Bush that the two of them should put together a quartet consisting of "four beautiful, talented musicians" Auditions were held at Baden Powell House in London, and violinist (Eos) and Cellist (Gay Yee) and a viola player were ...
The Fine Arts Quartet is a chamber music ensemble founded in Chicago, United States in 1946 by Leonard Sorkin and George Sopkin. The Quartet has recorded over 200 works and has toured internationally for 78 years, making it one of the longest enduring major string quartets. [ 1 ]
The Attacca Quartet is an American string quartet. It was established in 2003 by Amy Schroeder, first violin, and Andrew Yee, cello, while both were students at the Juilliard School. Since 2020 the other members have been Domenic Salerni, second violin, and Nathan Schram, viola. [1] [2] Its repertoire ranges from Classical to contemporary. [3]