List of musical quartets
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A quartet is a common ensemble in musical history. Barbershop music is noted for having quartets and string quartets are also a noted kind of quartet.
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[edit] Genres often associated with quartets
[edit] Classical
- Aeolian Quartet
- Alban Berg Quartet
- Alberni Quartet
- Allegri Quartet
- Amadeus Quartet
- Amati Quartet
- American Virtuosi
- Arditti Quartet
- Australian String Quartet
- Aviv String Quartet
- Balanescu Quartet
- Belcea Quartet
- Bond (band)
- Borodin Quartet
- Brentano Quartet
- Brodsky Quartet
- Budapest Quartet
- Carmine Quartet
- Corvinus Quartet
- Coull Quartet
- Del Sol Quartet
- Duke Quartet
- Emerson String Quartet
- ETHEL
- Festetics String Quartet
- Flux Quartet
- Gabrieli Quartet
- Guarneri Quartet
- Hagen Quartet
- Il Segreto String Quartet
- Juilliard String Quartet
- Kopelman Quartet
- Kronos Quartet
- Lindsay Quartet
- Melos Quartet
- Odessa String Quartet (MD)
- Raschèr Saxophone Quartet
- Salomon Quartet
- Shanghai String Quartet
- Silesian String Quartet
- Smetana Quartet
- Smith Quartet
- Solaris Quartet
- Takács Quartet
- Tokyo String Quartet
- RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
- Végh Quartet
- Vermeer Quartet
- Vertavo String Quartet
- Ysaÿe Quartet
[edit] Barbershop
- Acoustix, 1990 International Quartet Champions
- The Buffalo Bills, 1950 International Quartet Champions, appeared in stage and screen productions of The Music Man, frequently appeared on Arthur Godfrey's radio show
- The Dapper Dans of Disneyland, regularly appearing at Disneyland, as The Be Sharps in a Simpsons episode, and as the Singing Busts in Disney's 2003 Haunted Mansion movie
- The Gas House Gang, 1993 International Quartet Champions from St. Louis, Missouri
- The Haydn Quartet, early 1900s quartet
- FRED, 1999 International Quartet Champions, comedy quartet
- Platinum, 2000 International Quartet Champions
- Michigan Jake, 2001 International Quartet Champions
- Power Play, 2003 International Quartet Champions
- Gotcha!, 2004 International Quartet Champions
- Realtime, 2005 International Quartet Champions
- Metropolis, International Medalist Quartet (2002-2006), 1998 Grand National A Cappella Champions (Harmony Sweepstakes), Popular Comedy Quartet
[edit] Other genres
[edit] Jazz
- The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet
- The Bolla Quartet
- Dave Brubeck quartet
- Hoosier Hot Shots
- James Taylor Quartet
[edit] R&B/Soul
- 112
- The 411
- 4 Tunes
- All-4-One
- B2K
- Boys II Men
- Cherish
- Destiny's Child in the initial formation
- En Vogue
- The Four Tops
- Pointer Sisters
- Pretty Ricky
- Shai (band)
- Xscape
[edit] Pop/Rock
- 4-4-1
- 4 Non Blondes
- 98 Degrees
- ABBA
- Alice in Chains
- Alkatrazz-British hard rock.
- All Saints
- Angels & Airwaves
- As Fast As-Pop-rock from Maine.
- Automatic Man
- Bad Religion (1980-1985)
- Bad Brains
- The Bangles
- Bauhaus
- The Beatles-Nicknamed "the Fab Four."
- Black President
- Boney M
- The Castells
- The Chordettes-"Girl group", relational to "barbershop music", but usually counted as 50s pop.
- Circle Jerks
- The Corrs
- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
- The Dandy Warhols
- The Donnas
- The Doors
- The Essentials
- Face to Face (1993-2001)
- A Flock of Seagulls
- Fugazi
- Garbage
- Guano Apes-German alternative rock.
- Hootie & the Blowfish
- The Kinks in their classic formation
- KISS
- Led Zeppelin
- Manda and the Marbles-Pop/punk
- The Mamas & the Papas
- Mike + The Mechanics
- Moby Grape
- The Monkees
- New Order
- Nickelback
- The Offspring
- Pennywise
- Pink Floyd (1968-1979)
- The Pixies
- The Pretenders
- Queen
- Quiet Riot
- Rage Against the Machine
- The Ramones
- Rancid (since their second album Let's Go)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Sex Pistols
- Shades of Pale
- The Smashing Pumpkins (until their breakup)
- Social Distortion (since their first album)
- Soundgarden
- Stupid-Punk
- Talking Heads
- Traffic
- U2
- The Used
- V Shape Mind
- The Vandals
- Weezer
- Westlife (2004-present)
[edit] Celtic & Folk Music
- Celtae-Celtic
- The Lovin' Spoonful-Folk/Folk-rock
- Mithril-Celtic
- The Weavers (Eric Darling sometimes filled in for Pete Seeger, so is counted as a fifth member, but essentially a quartet)
[edit] Electronic music
[edit] Gospel and other Christian music
- The Gospel Harmony Boys
- Point of Grace
- Spirit of Memphis Quartet
- The Staple Singers - also recorded some secular music
[edit] Rap and Hip-Hop
[edit] Heavy Metal
- Abscess
- Arch Enemy
- At the Gates
- Beowülf
- Black Sabbath
- Blind Guardian
- Bloodbath
- Celtic Frost
- Damageplan
- Demonlord
- Excel
- Fear Factory
- Goatwhore
- Kataklysm
- Kreator
- Kyuss
- Hypocrisy
- Iced Earth
- Led Zeppelin
- Loudness
- Manowar
- Mayhem
- Megadeth
- Metallica
- Melechesh
- Mudvayne
- Napalm Death
- Necrodeath
- Nevermore
- No Mercy -- before they broke up
- Obliveon
- Pantera
- Saint Vitus
- Sex Machineguns -- before they broke up
- Six Feet Under
- Skinless
- Slayer
- Suicidal Tendencies (for their first two albums, Suicidal Tendencies and Join the Army)
- Van Halen
- Voivod