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sextet

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The Sextet is a chamber music composition written by Francis Poulenc for a standard wind quintet ( flute , oboe , clarinet , bassoon , and French horn ) and piano . Estimates about the time of its composition range from between 1931 and 1932 and 1932 alone. ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1841, altered (by influence of German Sextett ) from sestet .

Usage examples of sextet.

We played together in the Champlain Symphony when we were both starting out, and later in the Sackbut Sextet.

Thian's arrival did and the sextet set out back to the terraced house and the tutorials awaiting them, for all six young creatures had lessons to attend and that was how they occupied themselves until it was time to prepare lunch.

Sometimes they were arrayed as two sextets, sometimes as four trios, or three quartets, or a septet and quintet, or six pairs.

Jijoan sextets weaved their impromptu harmonies out of separate threads, merging and diverging through one congenial coincidence after another.

Despite having introduced string instruments to Jijo, humans traditionally played flute in a mixed sextet.

As Fiona investigates, she uncovers a conspiracy involving six men from the highest offices in the country - a great American Sextet!