quatuorn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒtjʊɔː/,

/ˈkwatjʊɔː/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑtjuɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quatuor.

Etymology: < French quatuor piece composed for four voices or parts (1705), set of four singers or players who perform together (1842) < classical Latin quattuor four (also as quatuor , which becomes the usual form in post-classical Latin) < the same Indo-European base as four adj.Not fully naturalized in English. In French a more general term than quartette (see quartet n.), which chiefly denotes singers or players of jazz or popular (rather than classical) music.

Music. Now rare.

= quartet n. 2. Also figurative.Frequently in French contexts.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > quartet

quatuor1724

quartetto1758

quartet1773

pianoforte quartet1847

piano quartet1862

1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 60 Quatuor, Musick for Four Voices is so called.

1737 tr. J.-P. Rameau Treat. Music xliii. 156 As to pieces of four or more Parts, they are made either for a Chorus of Music, or for Quatuors or Quinques, &c. [Fr. en forme ou des Chœurs de Musique, ou des Quatuor, des Quinques, &c.].

1770 J. Hoyle Dictionarium Musica 79 Quatuor, is Musick so called when composed for four voices.

1818 W. Gardner tr. ‘L. Bombet’ Lives Haydn & Mozart (2005) 396 The count said nothing about the original score of the piece for five instruments; and it was soon afterwards published by Artaria, as a quatuor for the harpsichord, with an accompaniment for the violin, alto, and violoncello.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. vii. 89 ‘For our first lesson’, said the pupil..drawing at the same time a quatuor of Haydn's from his pocket, ‘for our first lesson may we examine this quatuor’.

a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 201 Whenever they [sc. trip-hammers] struck in, each solo or duo or quatuor of men, playing Anvil Chorus, quickened time, and all the action and rumor of the busy opera went on more cheerily and lustily.

1955 in R. Hughes Music Lovers' Encycl. (new ed.) 257/2 His [sc. Guillaume Lekeu's] death at 24 left many unfinished works, but enough were complete to assure his fame, among them..adagio for quatuor and orch.

2004 B. Gustafson in A. Silbiger Keyboard Mus. before 1700 iii. 91 After 1665 came books by Nivers, Lebègue..d'Anglebert (five fugues and a quatuor appended to his harpsichord pieces).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	quatuor
释义	quatuorn. Brit. /ˈkwɒtjʊɔː/, /ˈkwatjʊɔː/, U.S. /ˈkwɑtjuɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quatuor. Etymology: < French quatuor piece composed for four voices or parts (1705), set of four singers or players who perform together (1842) < classical Latin quattuor four (also as quatuor , which becomes the usual form in post-classical Latin) < the same Indo-European base as four adj.Not fully naturalized in English. In French a more general term than quartette (see quartet n.), which chiefly denotes singers or players of jazz or popular (rather than classical) music. Music. Now rare. = quartet n. 2. Also figurative.Frequently in French contexts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > quartet quatuor1724 quartetto1758 quartet1773 pianoforte quartet1847 piano quartet1862 1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 60 Quatuor, Musick for Four Voices is so called. 1737 tr. J.-P. Rameau Treat. Music xliii. 156 As to pieces of four or more Parts, they are made either for a Chorus of Music, or for Quatuors or Quinques, &c. [Fr. en forme ou des Chœurs de Musique, ou des Quatuor, des Quinques, &c.]. 1770 J. Hoyle Dictionarium Musica 79 Quatuor, is Musick so called when composed for four voices. 1818 W. Gardner tr. ‘L. Bombet’ Lives Haydn & Mozart (2005) 396 The count said nothing about the original score of the piece for five instruments; and it was soon afterwards published by Artaria, as a quatuor for the harpsichord, with an accompaniment for the violin, alto, and violoncello. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. vii. 89 ‘For our first lesson’, said the pupil..drawing at the same time a quatuor of Haydn's from his pocket, ‘for our first lesson may we examine this quatuor’. a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 201 Whenever they [sc. trip-hammers] struck in, each solo or duo or quatuor of men, playing Anvil Chorus, quickened time, and all the action and rumor of the busy opera went on more cheerily and lustily. 1955 in R. Hughes Music Lovers' Encycl. (new ed.) 257/2 His [sc. Guillaume Lekeu's] death at 24 left many unfinished works, but enough were complete to assure his fame, among them..adagio for quatuor and orch. 2004 B. Gustafson in A. Silbiger Keyboard Mus. before 1700 iii. 91 After 1665 came books by Nivers, Lebègue..d'Anglebert (five fugues and a quatuor appended to his harpsichord pieces). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1724
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