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What is a quartet?

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There are many kind of Quartets, but the most famous is a string Quartet, this consists of 2 violis, a viola and a cello.

In a string Quartet the two violins play the soprano and alto vocal register, the viola plays the tenor register and the cello plays the bass register.

String Quartets have benn famous since the late 1700's due to this time when the famous composers such ad haydn and beethovn started writing compositions.

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