Double concerto for violin, cello, and piano, Beethoven's Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra being perhaps the most notable, but there have been many; see the list of triple concertos for violin, cello, and piano. A notable quadruple concerto is Olivier Messiaen's incomplete "Concert à quatre". Double concerto A double concerto (Italian: "Doppio concerto"; German: "Doppelkonzert") refers to two distinct variations on the concerto. Most often, it refers to a concerto featuring two performers, as opposed to the usual single performer, in the solo role. These two performers' instruments may be of the same type, as in Bach's, Concerto for
War of the Quadruple Alliance unique example during the eighteenth century when Britain and France were on the same side. It came during a period between 1716 and 1731 when the two countries were allies. Spain would later join with France in the Bourbon Compact, and the two would become enemies of the British once more. War of the Quadruple Alliance The War of the Quadruple Alliance (1717–1720) was a result of the ambitions of Bourbon King Philip V of Spain, his wife, Elisabeth Farnese, and his chief minister Giulio Alberoni to retake territories in Italy lost to the Habsburgs in Vienna, and perhaps even