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Definition of Quintettes
1. quintette [n] - See also: quintette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quintettes
Literary usage of Quintettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1862)
"... lie now gave himself to the studv of the violoncello and carefully studied
the structure of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven's quartettes and quintettes. ..."
2. Monsieur de Chauvelin's Will: To which is Added The Woman with the Velvet by Alexandre Dumas, P. L. Jacob (1897)
"Sonatas, after Sebastian Bach! sacred music, after Pergolese! quintettes, after
Francis Joseph Haydn! Ah! youth! youth! And as a performer," he added with ..."
3. Music Lovers' Cyclopedia: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary by Rupert Hughes (1912)
"In chamber-music, in the amiable conjunction of piano and strings, trios,
quartettes, quintettes, hor.i-trio and two clarinet-quintettes, Brahms is supreme. ..."
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