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Quintette   Listen
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Quintette, Quintet  n.  (Mus.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.






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"Quintette" Quotes from Famous Books



... the way she had come and was soon only a speck in the gathering twilight. It seemed a bit more lonesome after she had gone, and more than one of the quintette aboard the Catspaw wondered whether, after all, it might not have been the part of wisdom to have accepted assistance. Darkness came early that evening, and by six the lights on the Adventurer and Follow Me showed wanly across the surly, shadowy sea. Han and Perry had already prepared the ...
— The Adventure Club Afloat • Ralph Henry Barbour

... Crazy stools or empty piano-boxes generally served for seats. The surrounding furniture comprised barrels, cases, and chests, filled to overflowing with the host's ever-increasing antiquarian treasures. If a quartette were assembled,—and many times the musical party was enlarged to a quintette or a septette,—an adjournment was necessary to a room less crowded, but equally sparse ...
— Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 • Various



Words linked to "Quintette" :   musical group, composition, musical organization, gathering, piece of music, assemblage, piece, quintuplet, set, quintet, musical organisation, opus, musical composition, quintuple, fivesome



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