Quartet vs Cavatina - What's the difference?
quartet | cavatina |
(music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
(music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
A group of four.
(music) an operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
(music) a rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2
In context|music|lang=en terms the difference between quartet and cavatina
is that quartet is (music) the set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts while cavatina is (music) a rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in beethoven's string quartet in b flat, op 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by raff, and of the slow movement of rubra's string quartet no 2.As nouns the difference between quartet and cavatina
is that quartet is (music) a music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument while cavatina is (music) an operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (eg, in bellini and verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence.quartet
English
(wikipedia quartet)Alternative forms
* quartetteNoun
(en noun)- A string quartet .
- A quartet of violinists .
