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‖ quartetto|kwɔːˈtɛtəʊ|
[a. It. quartetto, f. quarto fourth: see prec.]
1. Mus. = quartet 1. ? Obs.
1775in Ash Suppl. 1789Burney Hist. Mus. III. Introd. 9 In 1752, Quantz classed Quartettos at the head of Instrumental Music. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) xvi. ii. 89 Playing the solo part for the flute in a quartetto. 1835L. Ritchie Wand. by Seine 201 Every song was at least a quartetto.
2. = quartet 2 and 3. ? Obs.
1790Cowper Lett. Wks. 1836 VI. 340 Wishing much that you could change our trio into a quartetto. 1807Sir R. C. Hoare Tour Irel. 235 Potatoes, oats, flax, and bog, the almost inseparable quartetto. 1819T. Hope Anastasius III. xiv. (1820) 362 The quartetto..consisted of a poet, a scene-painter, a musical composer and a ballet-master.
3. Comb., as quartetto table Obs. exc. Hist., one of a nest of four small tables.
1802T. Sheraton Cabinet-Maker's & Upholsterer's Drawing-Bk. (ed. 3) in J. M. Bell Chippendale, Sheraton & Hepplewhite Furnit. Designs (1900) 148 (caption) Cabinet and Quartetto Table. 1803― Cabinet Dict. 293 Quartetto table, a kind of small work table made to draw out of each other, and may be used separately. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets 173 A large soul..containing sundry Queen Anne's men, one within another, like quartetto tables. 1944C. W. Drepperd Primer Amer. Antiques 248/2 Quartetto Tables. Sets of tables..resting in and under largest one. 1975[see nest n. 6]. |