Word: quartetto
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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Last week the Quartetto Italiano wound up a sensational first tour of the U.S. with a Manhattan recital that made some quartet history itself. Acknowledging their audience with businesslike bows, the four young (average age 29) musicians stroked into one of their countrymen's compositions for a starter. Unhampered by scores, they seemed to play Boccherini's Quartet in D., Op. 6 with an air of almost impudent informality, sometimes glancing boldly around the audience as they played. For those used to staidness from string quartets, the atmosphere had something of the wild freedom of coasting downhill...
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