A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Quartet, Double

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From volume 3 of the work.

2291469A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Quartet, DoubleFrederick Corder

QUARTET, DOUBLE for 4 violins, 2 violas, and 2 cellos. This variety of quartet should bear the same relation to an octet that a double chorus bears to an 8-part chorus; the parts being divided into two separate sets of four. Spohr's three Double Quartets (Op. 65, 77, 87) are probably the only specimens in print.

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