String quartet of divertimenti for two solo violins, viola and cello by Viennese composers such as Georg Christoph Wagenseil and Ignaz Holzbauer; and there had long been a tradition of performing orchestral works with one instrument to a part. David Wyn Jones cites the widespread practice of playing works written for string orchestra, such as divertimenti and serenades, with just four players, one to a part, there being no separate (fifth) contrabass part in string scoring before the 19th century. However, these composers showed no interest in exploring the development of the string quartet as a medium. The origins of the string
Fred Sherry String Quartet String Quartet" and the "Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte for Voice, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 41" as well as Anton Webern's "String Quartet, Op. 28" and "6 Bagatelles, Op. 9". Fred Sherry String Quartet The Fred Sherry String Quartet is an American classical string quartet. The quartet was founded by cellist Fred Sherry to perform and record the four string quartets of Arnold Schoenberg. He appears on all recordings by the quartet. The other members of the quartet have varied over time. They have included: Mr. Sherry also formed a string sextet consisting of Leila Josefowicz and David Chan (violins),