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Four musicians who agreed on everything except tempo, volume, and whose idea this was.
means A group of four musicians performing together, or any set or unit of four.
from From Italian 'quartetto,' a diminutive of 'quarto' meaning 'fourth,' itself from Latin 'quartus' (fourth), which traces back to 'quattuor,' the Latin word for four. The term entered musical use as chamber ensembles standardized around four-part writing, and English borrowed it — via French influence — sometime in the 18th century, alongside its siblings 'duet,' 'trio,' and later 'quintet.'
- string lineup
- two violins, one viola, one cello, zero compromise
- beethoven's op. 131
- seven movements played without pause, nerves optional
- barbershop version
- same word, zero instruments, all ego
- haydn's nickname
- father of the quartet, inventor of musical sibling rivalry