Definition of Quintettes

1. Noun. (plural of quintette) ¹

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Definition of Quintettes

1. quintette [n] - See also: quintette

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quintettes

quintating
quinte
quintenary
quintennial
quinternion
quinternions
quintes
quintessence
quintessences
quintessential
quintessentially
quintet
quintets
quintett
quintette
quintettes (current term)
quintetto
quintettos
quintetts
quintic
quintic function
quinticlave
quinticlaves
quintics
quintile
quintiles
quintillion
quintillionfold
quintillions
quintillionth

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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