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Definition of Octetts
1. octett [n] - See also: octett
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octetts
Literary usage of Octetts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Towneley Plays by George England, Alfred William Pollard, Eugen Kölbing (1897)
"After seven long stanzas (divided in this text into octetts and quatrains, 3—16),
... 113—117 and 127—133, turning two 12-line stanzas into four octetts. ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1868)
"One would rather see the natural bird there ; one would rather have the second
violin in its place. Again, in octetts and ..."
3. Werke: Kritische Durchgesehene Gesammtausg by Franz Schubert (1897)
"Menuett und Finale eines octetts für Blasinstrumente. Vorlage : Die autographe
Partitur im Besitze von Nicolaus Dumba in Wien. ..."
4. The Violin and Its Music by George Hart (1881)
"... Twelve Quintetts for two Violins, two Violas and Cello ; Sixteen Sextetts,
for various instruments; Two octetts, etc. Whilst Boccherini was at Madrid, ..."
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