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The earliest string trio form consisted of two violins and cello, a grouping which had grown out of the baroque trio sonata. Joseph Haydn is thought to have been the first to have written for violin, viola and cello, and Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert also wrote music in that form, although they are not generally reckoned to be amongst their better pieces.

A number of composers wrote string trios throughout the 19th century, and in the 20th century, string trios by by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and La Monte YoungLa Monte Young (born October 14 1935) is an American composer whose eccentric and often hard-to-find works have been included among the most important post World War 2 avant garde or experimental music. Both his Fluxus influenced and " minimal" compositio were produced.

Examples of more unusual string trio groups include Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( January 27, 1756 December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. His works are loved by many and are frequently performed. Life Mozart was born in Salzburg, now in Au's trio for two violins and double bassSide and front views of a modern double bass with a french bow. The wire from the tailpiece to the bridge is for a piezo-electric pickup. With spike extended as in the photo, it measures approximately 2m tall. The double bass is a musical instrument, the, and Antonin DvorakAntonin Leopold Dvorak ( September 8, 1841 May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of classical music. Dvorak was born in Nelahozeves near Prague where he spent most of his life. He studied music in Prague's Organ School at the end of the 1850s, and through the's trio for two violins and viola. This sort of trio is known as a terzet or terzetto, and others who have written trios for this combination include Robert FuchsRobert Fuchs ( February 15, 1847 February 19, 1927) was an Austrian composer and Professor of Music Theory at the Vienna Conservatory. He was born in Frauenthal and died in Vienna at the age of eighty. He was the brother of Johann Fuchs, who was also a co (three, two in his opus 61 and one in his opus 107) and Sergei TaneyevSergei Ivanovich Taneyev (also Taneev or Taneiev ( November 25 (old system??), 1856 June 19 1915), a pupil of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer, teacher, theorist and author. His substantial output of music included nine string quartets, a p (his op. 21.)