- a variation of quintet.
quintette
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
To the above quintette we must add Lucca, Scalchi, Ilma di Murska, Sinico, Tamberlik, Foli, Santley, and Mongini, while Costa and Arditi alternated the conducting.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay
The meeting over, the Sanford quintette stood off to one side, waiting for Miss Graham.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester
She attended him to the portico, disclaiming, cautioning, and thanking him,—gesticulating through it all—as the wickedest of the wicked quintette of observers had it—"like a lunatic windmill."
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
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 Edward Hungerford
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 W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews