String Quartets
Briefly describe the development of the string quartet. How would you relate this chamber ensemble to modern performing groups such as the jazz quartet? Or to a rock ensemble? What are some of the similarities and differences?
USE THESE SONGS AS EXAMPLES:
String Quartet in E-Flat, No. 2 “Joke,” by Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C Minor, by Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 2, by Béla Bartók
Street Stuff, by Darrol Anger (Turtle Island String Quartet)
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