1992 Ed Blackwell, U.S. jazz drummer (Quartet), dies
1992 George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies
1990 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)
1979 Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90
1979 Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82
1974 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad
1974 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet
1973 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 14th String Quartet premieres
1973 Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet
1970 Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81
1968 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow
1968 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet
1967 Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1966 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 11th string quartet
1964 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow
1964 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 10th String quartet
1964 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet
1960 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1960 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1956 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad
1954 Ernest Blochs 4th string quartet, premieres
1953 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet
1953 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 4th String Quartet, premieres
1952 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet
1946 Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres
1945 Benjamin Britten's 2nd String quartet in C, premieres
1941 Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in New York City
1938 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch's 1st String Quartet
1935 Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C.
1933 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69
1920 Robert Mann, born in Portland, Oregon, composer/violinist, String Quartet 1952
1918 George Rochberg, Paterson, New Jersey, composer, Concord Quartet
1912 Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer, Alexandria Quartet
1908 Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist, Budapest String Quartet
1907 Arnold Schonberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna
1903 "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung
1901 Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor, Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession
1897 Jack Raine, born in London, England, actor, Quartet
1874 Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer, 2nd Quartet
1864 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian, Peerless Quartet
1826 Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
1785 Mozart publishes 6 string quartet opus 10 in Vienna
1785 Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres
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