Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as septet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.) A septet.

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Examples

  • Mme. Tedesco, who had eventually been completely won over to her part of Venus by a wig powdered with gold dust, called out triumphantly to me in the manager's box, when the 'septuor' of the finale of the first act was again vigorously applauded, that everything was now all right and that we had won the victory.

    My Life — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848

  • The worthless overture of the 'Prophete,' disfiguring this fine ensemble, had been hissed by some students of the Conservatoire, and, accustomed as I was to the blindness of the general public, knowing its implacable prejudices, I trembled for the fate of the magnificent septuor about to follow.

    The Great Italian and French Composers Ferris, George T 1878

  • “Some years ago M. Pasdeloup gave the septuor from the

    The Great Italian and French Composers Ferris, George T 1878

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