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Quartet (other)
A quartet is a musical group of four people or a piece written for four musicians Quartet may also refer to: Albums * Quartet (Alison Brown album), ''Quartet'' (Alison Brown album), 1996 * Quartet (Bill Frisell album), ''Quartet'' (Bill Frisell album), 1996 * Quartet (Herbie Hancock album), ''Quartet'' (Herbie Hancock album), 1982 * Quartet (McCoy Tyner album), ''Quartet'' (McCoy Tyner album), 2007 * Quartet (Pat Metheny album), ''Quartet'' (Pat Metheny album), 1996 * Quartet (Tony Rice and Peter Rowan album), ''Quartet'' (Tony Rice and Peter Rowan album), 2007 * Quartet (Ultravox album), ''Quartet'' (Ultravox album), 1982 * Quartets (Boxhead Ensemble album), ''Quartets'' (Boxhead Ensemble album), 2003 * Quartets (Fred Frith album), ''Quartets'' (Fred Frith album), 1994 Film and television * Quartet (1948 film), ''Quartet'' (1948 film), a British anthology film based on W. Somerset Maugham stories * Quartet (1981 film), ''Quartet'' (1981 film), a Merchant Ivory film based on the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet
In music, a quartet (, , , , ) is an ensemble of four singers or instrumental performers. Classical String quartet In classical music, one of the most common combinations of four instruments in chamber music is the string quartet. String quartets most often consist of two violins, a viola, and a cello. The particular choice and number of instruments derives from the registers of the human voice: soprano, alto, tenor and bass (SATB). In the string quartet, two violins play the soprano and alto vocal registers, the viola plays the tenor register and the cello plays the bass register. Composers of notable string quartets include Joseph Haydn ( 68 compositions), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (23), Ludwig van Beethoven (16), Franz Schubert (15), Felix Mendelssohn (6), Johannes Brahms (3), Antonín Dvořák (14), Alexander Borodin (2), Béla Bartók (6), Elizabeth Maconchy (13), Darius Milhaud (18), Heitor Villa-Lobos (17), and Dmitri Shostakovich (15). The Italian composer Luigi Bocch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (cards)
In card games, a set or group is a scoring combination consisting of multiple playing cards, usually of the same rank.Parlett (2008) p. 489. Depending on the game, a set may consist of two cards of equal rank (a "pair") as in Bieten, three of a kind as in poker, or more. Description Sets are one of the two types of meld that may be used in games where melding is part of the play; the other being a run or sequence. A set or group comprises 3 or 4 cards of the same rank and, usually, different suits. A prial, pair royal, gleek or triplet is a set of 3 cards of equal rank and a quartet or, in some older games, a mournival, is one of four cards of the same rank.Parlett (2008), pp. 287, 645. Usually a pair (2 cards of the same rank but different suits) is not counted as a "set"; but some games, such as Bieten or Perlaggen do include pairs as sets. A wild set is one containing wild cards – that is, those cards designated in the rules as being wild, for example, the jokers in R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four-piece
A musical ensemble, also known as a music group, musical group, or a band is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instrumentalists, such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra. Other music ensembles consist solely of singers, such as choirs and doo-wop groups. In both popular music and classical music, there are ensembles in which both instrumentalists and singers perform, such as the rock band or the Baroque chamber group for basso continuo (harpsichord and cello) and one or more singers. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families (such as piano, strings, and wind instruments) or group instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles (e.g., string quartet) or wind ensembles (e.g., wind quintet). Some ensembles blend the sounds of a variety of instrument families, such as the orchestra, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartette (drug)
Ethinylestradiol/levonorgestrel (EE/LNG) is a combined birth control pill made up of ethinylestradiol (an estrogen) and levonorgestrel (a progestin). It is used for birth control, symptoms of menstruation, endometriosis, and as emergency contraception. It is taken by mouth. Some preparations of EE/LNG additionally contain an iron supplement in the form of ferrous bisglycinate or ferrous fumarate. Side effects can include nausea, headache, blood clots, breast pain, depression, and liver problems. Use is not recommended during pregnancy, the initial three weeks after childbirth, and in those at high risk of blood clots. However, it may be started immediately after a miscarriage or abortion. Smoking while using combined birth control pills is not recommended. It works by stopping ovulation, making the mucus at the opening to the cervix thick, and making the uterus not suitable for implantation. Ethinylestradiol/levonorgestrel has been approved for medical use in the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartette (band)
Quartette is a Canadian country-folk group consisting of Cindy Church, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick and Sylvia Tyson. Each of the four members also record as solo artists in addition to their work as a group. History The group was originally formed in 1993 and included Tyson, Hanford, Church and Colleen Peterson. In 1994 Quartette released a self-titled album,"Quartette brings Christmas to Morinville" . ''St. Albert Gazette'', Nov 25, 2015 Anna Borowiecki and later that year won a award for best vocal collaboration. In 1995 and 1996 they were nominated for |
Quartet On The Middle East
The Quartet on the Middle East or Middle East Quartet, sometimes called the Diplomatic Quartet or Madrid Quartet or simply the Quartet, is a foursome of nations and international and supranational entities involved in mediating the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. The Quartet consists of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia. The group was established in Madrid in 2002, recalling the Madrid Conference of 1991, as a result of the escalating conflict in the Middle East. History The initiative to establish the Quartet emerged in response to the Second Intifada, which began in September 2000. This period saw numerous unsuccessful attempts at implementing a cease-fire. On October 25, 2001, representatives from the European Union, the United Nations, the United States, and the Russian government met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. During this meeting, they collectively endorsed Arafat's approach towards implementing cease-fire and secur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (sculpture)
''Quartet'' is a public art work by artist Celine Farrell located on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig .... The painted steel sculpture consists of four panels radiating out from a center point. Each panel is painted a different color and has shapes cut out to represent the four seasons. It is located at West Windlake Avenue and West Lincoln Avenue west of Kosciuszko Park in the Lincoln Village neighborhood. A derivative sculpture was created by recycling the cut away elements; this work is installed nearby at Ben's Cycle and Fitness, maker of Milwaukee Bicycles. References Outdoor sculptures in Milwaukee 2008 sculptures {{Public-art-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (computing)
In computing, a nibble, or spelled nybble to match byte, is a unit of information that is an aggregation of four-bits; half of a byte/octet. The unit is alternatively called nyble, nybl, half-byte or tetrade. In networking or telecommunications, the unit is often called a semi-octet, quadbit, or quartet. As a nibble can represent sixteen () possible values, a nibble value is often shown as a hexadecimal digit (hex digit). A byte is two nibbles, and therefore, a value can be shown as two hex digits. Four-bit computers use nibble-sized data for storage and operations; as the word unit. Such computers were used in early microprocessors, pocket calculators and pocket computers. They continue to be used in some microcontrollers. In this context, 4-bit groups were sometimes also called characters rather than nibbles. History The term ''nibble'' originates from its representing half a byte, with ''byte'' a homophone of the English word ''bite''. In 2014, David B. Benson, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (short Story Collection)
''Quartet: Four Tales from the Crossroads'' is the seventh collection by author George R.R. Martin, first published in February 2001 by NESFA Press. It contains three novellas and a teleplay. ''The Skin Trade'' '' The Skin Trade'', a horror novella about werewolves, was originally published in 1988 in the ''Night Visions 5'' collection, later retitled as '' Dark Visions''. It won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1989, and was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. It was later included in '' Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective'' (2003). In September 2013, Avatar Press began publishing a four-issue ''Skin Trade'' comic book series, written by Martin and Daniel Abraham, with illustrated color covers and interiors by Mike Wolfer; it was completed in December of that year, followed by a graphic novel collected hardcover volume. In October 2013, WSFA Press published ''The Skin Trade'' in both a standard hardcover and a 500-copy signed and numbered limited edition. ''The Skin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (novel)
''Quartet'' is Jean Rhys's 1928 debut novel, set in Paris's bohemian café society. Originally published by Chatto & Windus, ''Quartet'' was Rhys's first published book other than her short story collection '' The Left Bank and Other Stories'' (1927). In the UK, ''Quartet'' was released under the publisher's preferred title ''Postures'', which Rhys disliked. After it was well received in the US as ''Quartet'' (1929), Rhys had later UK editions re-titled to her original choice of ''Quartet'', which alludes to four central characters comprising two couples. ''Quartet'' is a work of autobiographical fiction. It is a ''roman à clef'' based on her extramarital affair and acrimonious breakup with her literary mentor Ford Madox Ford, the English author and editor of '' The Transatlantic Review'' literary magazine. The affair occurred in Ford's Paris home under the eye of his common-law wife, Australian artist Stella Bowen, while Rhys's husband, Jean Lenglet, was in jail. Written in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (Müller Play)
''Quartet'', sometimes written as ''Quartett'', is a 1980 play written by the (formerly East) German playwright Heiner Müller. Its subject matter rendered it unlikely for production under the GDR's repressive cultural policies, but Müller's status as the nation's most eminent playwright after the death of Bertolt Brecht allowed him great leeway for travel, and so when the progressive director of the prestigious Schauspielhaus Bochum offered him and his director B. K. Tragelehn the chance to premier the work there, the GDR's cultural czars offered no objection. The casting was stellar: despite the profusion of eminent actors in the Bochum company, one of the leading actresses of the even more eminent Berliner Schaubühne Libgart Schwarz was asked to play "Merteuil" to the "Valmont" of the peripatetic Fassbinder collaborator Fritz Schediwy. The play is in Müller's highly laconic late style: there are no stage directions; punctuation is sparse, giving the text a bald, telegrap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartet (Harwood Play)
''Quartet'' is a play by Ronald Harwood about aging opera singers. The play, presented by Michael Codron, was first directed by Christopher Morahan at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford prior to its West End opening at the Albery Theatre (now the Noël Coward Theatre) on 8 September 1999 starring Sir Donald Sinden as Wilfred, Alec McCowen as Reginald, Stephanie Cole as Cecily and Angela Thorne as Jean. Following a four-month run it closed on 8 January 2000. A regional tour from June to August 2010 enjoyed success with Michael Jayston as Reggie, Timothy West as Wilfred, Susannah York as Jean, and Gwen Taylor as Cecily. Plot The setting is a retirement home for musicians. Three elderly former opera-singers, who often worked together, are sitting out on the terrace. Reginald is quietly reading a serious book, but jovial, priapic Wilfred is chuckling about sex, as he regards Cissy, lying back and listening to music through her headphones. They are about to be joined by ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
