quintette

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Ten minutes later Lennie Browne, one of the juniors, disturbed the quintette on the wheelbarrow with a message.

From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by Campbell, John

A trio, a violin sonata, and a piano quintette, a suite for strings, and a concert overture for orchestra complete the list of his writings.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

That quintette of Hummel's is a most charming composition—so flowing and elegant—and one can display a good deal of virtuosity in the last part of it.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy

All of these movements are performed without pause, and the result is so successful that Whiting is using the same plan for a quintette.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

“Father and mother have gone away,” proclaimed Ptolemy, who was always spokesman for the quintette.

From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Maniates, Belle Kanaris