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The String Quartet: A History. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27383-9. Griffiths, Paul: "String Quartet: §§5–9", in: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Scholes, Percy A. (1938). The Oxford Companion to Music. Oxford University Press.
St. Petersburg String Quartet; Salomon Quartet; San Francisco; Schumann Quartet; Schuppanzigh Quartet; Section Quartet; Ševčík-Lhotský Quartet; Shanghai String Quartet; Shostakovich [9] [10] [11] Signum String Quartet; Silesian String Quartet; SKAZ String Quartet [12] Smetana Quartet; Smith Quartet; Soldier String Quartet; Somogyi String ...
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.
String quartet ensembles. See compositions for string quartet for works written for such an ensemble. Wikimedia Commons has media related to String quartets (musical group) .
The English String Quartet re-emerged in the late 1950s, initially with Ruth Pearl as leader and then Nona Liddell (leader 1957–1973), with (variously) Lesley White, Eleanor St George and Marilyn Taylor (2nd), Margorie Lempfert (viola) and Helen Just (cello). [9] In 1982 Diana Cummings took over as leader with her husband Luciano Iorio (viola ...
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John Tavener (1944–2013): Four string quartets: The Hidden Treasure – String Quartet No. 1; The Last Sleep of the Virgin – String Quartet No. 2, for string quartet and handbells; Diódia – String Quartet No. 3; The Bridegroom – String Quartet No. 4; plus other works including parts for string quartet.
Dvořák's fourteen string quartets cover the bulk of his composing career, from 1862 (No. 1) to 1895 . The first string quartet was not his first chamber composition: he had written the String Quintet in A minor (Op. 1) in Summer 1861. In 1887 Dvořák decided to rework the long forgotten quartet.