quintette

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Delightful music; two quartettes of Beethoven's, a quintette of Mozart's, which I heard at Joseph Coolidge's some thirty or more years ago.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

The west front possesses a quintette of portals, deeply recessed, but of a decidedly mixed Gothic and Renaissance treatment as to decoration.

From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche

As Hamilton continued to gather in her own for the college year, the Sanford quintette found themselves in flattering demand.

From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline

As early as 1750 he had written his first string quintette, and soon after he was twenty years of age he held various positions as musical director in noblemen's houses.

From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

Still another of this famous quintette to whom the running of a 650 mile railroad division was as but part of a day’s work—James H. Hustis.

From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward