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Definition of Quintets
1. quintet [n] - See also: quintet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quintets
Literary usage of Quintets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical Dictionary of Musicians: With a Bibliography of English by James Duff Brown (1886)
"Six quintets for strings ; op. 21. Six quintets for flute, 2 vns., viola, ...
Unnumbered works consisting of Sonatas, Trios, Symphonies, quintets, Quartets, ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1905)
"8 flute- quintets w. strings, i ciar.-quintet, 2 string- quintets, i pf.-quartet,
3 violin-sonatas, II rondos and caprices f. violin, a concertante f. vin. ..."
3. A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1905)
"quintet, 2 string- quintets, i pf.-quartet, 3 violin-sonatas, и rondos and caprices
f. violin, a concertante f. vin. and 'cello w. orch. ..."
4. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"... chorus, and orchestra, songs, con- chosen biographer, although he failed certo
in F for violin; two quintets for to write the biography. ..."
5. Three Busy Weeks: Dr. Andrew Carnegie at Perth, Edinburgh, Greenock, Falkirk by Andrew S. Cunningham, Andrew Carnegie (1902)
"quintets of flags hung from the walls, while lending particular beauty to the
appearance of the area were tables of plants all round the hall. ..."
6. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"The quintets in С major and G minor were composed in 1787, the 1) major in 1790,
... These four quintets follow the path pointed out by the six quartets. ..."
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