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Meanings of quartet (quartets) in English

Russian
квартет
Portuguese
4
Catalan
4
Spanish
cuatro
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The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.

квартет
Usage of quartets in English
1
There were perhaps nine smaller groups, ranging from octets to quartets .
Wizard and glass
2
The first to record the early hymns and spirituals were four-part-harmony quartets.
Reuters
3
Variations for piano and violin by Beethoven, and two quartets, not more.
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
4
Muted music from costumed robot string quartets sawing away in strategic pavilions.
The Demolished Man
5
Simon explores some of the world's great string quartets: The Griller String Quartet.
Radio NZ
6
Many fine quartets, even some younger ones, jostle for this title.
The Guardian
7
The Vanbrughs encourage the composition and performance of quartets by modern Irish composers.
The Irish Times
8
The American Carpe Diem Quartet is surveying his six string quartets for Naxos.
The Irish Times
9
Haydn's sonatas show the same advance in form as his symphonies and quartets.
Haydn
10
There are no telephone-line quartets tweeting harmonies in the bird world.
Human
11
Yes, Peter, two valuable quartets have I lost, messing about with these villains.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
12
String quartets, and jazz musicians' performances, for example, depend on split-second timing and co-operation.
The Guardian
13
Beethoven's string quartets tell their story in music, not words.
The Guardian
14
Unlike many string quartets, they've survived the decades without a single change in membership.
The Irish Times
15
As such, these works display significant innovations on previous quartets.
Radio NZ
16
Michael Joel reviews the New Zealand String Quartet's Wellington performance of Haydn string quartets.
Radio NZ
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