quintet
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- noun
- /kwɪnˈtɛt/
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quinteto
- Shostakovich's wartime Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57 was a triumph at its premiere; it remains arresting and yet accessible, its five movements each imbued with unique melodic appeal.
- string quintet
Examples
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A panel presentation on commissioning a music work will feature composer Bruce Adolphe, who has been commissioned to write a brass quintet in honor of the MLA's sixtieth anniversary.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Quintet
Academic text (2005) -
And when we do, I'll choose the Mozart Quintet, the one you can sing.
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It made me think of when you gave that string quintet to Schubert.
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The concert will close with Quintet No. 1 by Victor Ewald (1860-1935).
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For example, you might play a recording of Pachelbel's Canon in D performed by a brass quintet, followed by a woodwind quintet and a string quintet.
Academic text (2003) -
The talented quintet performed a beautiful piece by Mozart at the concert.
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Tonight, the jazz quintet will showcase their latest compositions at the local club.
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We enjoyed listening to the classical quintet as they played a symphony in the park.
Synonyms
A piece of music for five musicians to play
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
quintet = quint + et
Formally built from the combining form 'quint-' (five) + the suffix '-et', but 'quint' is not a productive standalone English word, so learners who only know 'five' may not fully recognize the construction.
Etymology
The word quintet comes from the Latin root quint- meaning 'fifth'. A musical quintet is a piece written for five performers, so the title shows the music is for five instruments or voices.