quartet

quartet, a musical composition for four instruments or voices; also, the group of four performers.

1. : a musical composition for four instruments or voices. 2. : a group or set of four. especially : the performers of a quartet.

a group of four instruments with strings that play together: A string quartet consists of two violins, a viola, and a cello. nspimages/iStock/Getty Image Plus/GettyImages.

an organized group of four singers or players.

: a group of four persons or things : quartet.

Overview. In classical instrumental music, any additional instrument (such as a piano, clarinet, oboe, etc.) joined to the usual string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), gives the resulting ensemble its name, such as "piano quintet", "clarinet quintet", etc.

noun. a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello. an instrumental group consisting of a pianist and three other musicians, typically a violinist, violist, and cellist.

: a group of four persons or things : quartet.

You use quadruple to indicate that something has four parts or happens four times.

You can use the noun quartet to describe your four-person singing group, and you can also use it to talk about the piece of music you're performing, if it's written specifically for four voices or instruments.

quintet, a musical composition for five instruments or voices; also, a group of five musicians performing such a composition.

The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists, a violist, and a cellist. The string quartet was developed into its present form by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, whose works in the 1750s established the ensemble as a group of four more-or-less equal partners.