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Definition of Sextette
1. Noun. Six performers or singers who perform together.
Generic synonyms: Musical Group, Musical Organisation, Musical Organization
2. Noun. A set of six similar things considered as a unit.
3. Noun. Six people considered as a unit.
4. Noun. A musical composition written for six performers.
Generic synonyms: Composition, Musical Composition, Opus, Piece, Piece Of Music
Definition of Sextette
1. sextet [n -S] - See also: sextet
Literary usage of Sextette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Musical Sounds by Dayton Clarence Miller (1916)
"sextette AND ORCHESTRA An illustration of very complex tone quality is obtained
with the talking machine reproducing the sextette from " Lucia di Lammermoor ..."
2. The Science of Musical Sounds by Dayton Clarence Miller (1916)
"sextette AND ORCHESTRA An illustration of very complex tone quality is obtained
with the talking machine reproducing the sextette from " Lucia di Lammermoor ..."
3. Effective English: Junior by Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss (1921)
"... Cincinnati, O. HAWAIIAN sextette. EXERCISES BASED ON PICTURES The High School
Orchestra. — Nothing adds more to the equipment of a high school than a ..."
4. Effective English: Junior by Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss (1921)
"... Cincinnati, O. HAWAIIAN sextette. EXERCISES BASED ON PICTURES The High School
Orchestra. — Nothing adds more to the equipment of a high school than a ..."
5. Significance of Names by Leopold Wagner (1893)
"Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartette, Quintette, and sextette are terms adapted from the
Latin for movements respectively employing one, two, three, four, five, ..."
6. The Victrola Book of the Opera by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1919)
"The great sextette, the most dramatic and thrilling number in the entire range of
... Unlike many operatic ensembles, this sextette is not merely a most ..."
7. The Victrola Book of the Opera by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1919)
"Unlike many operatic ensembles, this sextette is not merely a most remarkable bit
... This dramatic silence is broken by the commencement of the sextette, ..."
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