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  • noun Plural form of quintette.

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Examples

  • The list includes many dances and songs, two string quartettes, two piano quartettes, two quintettes, ten piano trios, eight violin sonatas, twelve overtures,

    Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson

  • Her chamber music includes a nonette and sextette for strings, two quintettes, several piano trios, in two of which clarinet and flute replace the usual violin, a number of sonatas and other pieces for violin and piano, several 'cello sonatas, some flute and piano pieces, and numerous piano works and songs.

    Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson

  • His quintettes are among his chief productions, and their elegance and brilliancy are remarkable.

    The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

  • Boccherini was the first composer who wrote quintettes with two Violoncello parts.

    The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

  • 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.

    A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

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