Quartet

Definitions

1. A group of four people or things, particularly
2. A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
3. A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
4. A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.

Equivalents

Examples

“The last⟳ of the quartet of American fighter pilots to join⟳ the RAF before the war was Cyril 'Pussy' Palmer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in March⟳ 1918.”

“The string quartet played some chamber music.”

“He composed a string quartet.”

“The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.”

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