String trio String trio A string trio is a group of three string instruments or a piece written for such a group. The term is generally used with reference to works of chamber music from the Classical period to the present. From at least the 19th century on, the term "string trio" with otherwise unspecified instrumentation normally refers to the combination violin, viola and cello (cf "string quartet", "piano trio" etc.). This is how the term is used by major catalogs, including IMSLP. The earliest string-trio form, found in the early Classical period, consisted of two violins and a cello, a grouping
Piano quintet a quintessential "vehicle for Romantic expression." In the first half of the twentieth-century, significant piano quintets were produced by such composers as Sergei Taneyev, Gabriel Fauré, Edward Elgar and Dmitri Shostakovich. However, unlike the string quartet, which remained an important genre for twentieth-century composers, the piano quintet came to acquire "a somewhat conservative profile, far from major developments" in musical expression. The following is a partial list of compositions for piano quintet. All works are scored for piano and string quartet unless otherwise noted. [[Category:Chamber music]] [[Category:Musical quintets|5]] [[Category:Piano|Quintet]] [[Category:Types of musical groups]] Piano quintet In classical music, a piano