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This is a list of recognized string quartets (i.e. groups of musical performers), current or past, in alphabetical order. It does not include the names of musical quartet compositions. It does not include the names of musical quartet compositions.
These six works are Beethoven's last major completed compositions. Extremely complex and largely misunderstood by musicians and audiences of Beethoven's day, the late quartets are now widely considered to be among the greatest musical compositions of all time, [1] [2] [3] and have inspired many later composers.
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (born 1973): 5 Pieces for string quartet (1991), String Quartet (1993), Illusions of time and space for string quartet and tape (2006). Maja Ratkje (born 1973): Tale of Lead and Light (2011). Sarah Kirkland Snider (born 1973): Ave (2002). Henry Vega (born 1973): The motion of arrayed emotion (2011), for string quartet ...
This is a category for musical groups which are known specifically as quartets. Simply having four members is insufficient for categorization.
Pages in category "Lists of string quartets by composer" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Busch Quartet's playing represented a transition between the earlier style of the Joachim, Ysaÿe and Rosé Quartets, in which the leader was paramount, and the more modern approach exemplified by the Budapest or Smetana Quartets, in which every player had an equal role. But Busch still dominated his colleagues to an extent, through both ...
String quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven (1 C, 19 P) String quartets by Benjamin Britten (4 P) C. String quartets by Elliott Carter (5 P) D.
Joseph Haydn wrote sixty-eight string quartets. (The number was previously thought to be eighty-three, but this includes some arrangements and spurious works.) They are usually referred to by their opus numbers, not Anthony van Hoboken's catalogue numbers or their publication order in the First Haydn Edition (FHE).