quintette

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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.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

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

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

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

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

The list includes many dances and songs, two string quartettes, two piano quartettes, two quintettes, ten piano trios, eight violin sonatas, twelve overtures, Psalm 118 with orchestra, seven symphonies, and an operetta.

From Woman's Work in Music by Elson, Arthur

This he accomplishes by using his voice too much and too loudly in the sotto voce parts, so that all the duos become trios and the quintettes, choruses.

From Physiology of The Opera by Swaby, John H.