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Piano quartets for that standard lineup were written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak and Gabriel Fauré among others. In the 20th century, composers have written for more varied groups, with Anton Webern's Quartet, opus 22 ( 1930), for example, being for piano, violin, clarinetThe clarinet (sometimes historically spelled clarionet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. A person who plays the clarinet is called a clarinettist. Professional clarinets are made from African hardwood, often grenadilla or (rarely) Honduran r and tenor saxophoneoctave lower than an Alto Sax. The saxophone or sax is a musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards. It was invented by Adolphe Sax in the mid- 1840s. The saxophone is most common, and Olivier MessiaenOlivier Messiaen ( December 10, 1908 April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. Messiaen was born in Avignon into a literary family: his mother was the poet Cecile Sauvage, while his father was a translator who worked on an editio's Quatuor pour la fin du tempsQuatuor pour la fin du temps also known by its English title Quartet for the End of Time is a piece of chamber music by the French composer Olivier Messiaen. It was written around 1940 and is generally regarded as one of his most important works. The piec ( 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F) for piano, violin, cello and clarinet.