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A set of five similar things considered as a unit
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quintette
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. five performers or singers who perform together [syn: quintet ] a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: quintet ] five people considered as a unit [syn: quintet , fivesome ] a musical composition for five performers [syn: quintet ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quintet \Quin*tet"\, Quintette \Quin*tette"\, n. [It. quintetto, dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintette. See Quint .] (Mus.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing ...
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Quintette may refer to: Quintette, California Quintette du Hot Club de France
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of quintet English) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
Usage examples of quintette.
Finding on inquiry that Herr von Tost was a wealthy man, very fond of music, Spohr fixed the price at thirty ducats for a quartette, thirty-five for a quintette, and so on, progressively higher for the different kinds of composition.
He desired such pieces as could be produced in private circles, and would therefore prefer quartettes and quintettes for stringed instruments, and sextettes, octettes and nonettes for stringed and wind instruments.