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string quartet definition

string quartet

  1. a quartet of players on stringed instruments, usually first and second violins, a viola, and a violoncello
  2. a composition for such a group

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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