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Definition of Septet

1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.

2. Noun. Seven performers or singers who perform together.

3. Noun. A set of seven similar things considered as a unit.

4. Noun. Seven people considered as a unit.

5. Noun. A musical composition written for seven performers.

Definition of Septet

1. n. A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.

Definition of Septet

1. Noun. A group of seven; often applied to a musical group of seven performers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Septet

1. a group of seven [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Septet

septenary septenate septendecillion septendecillions septendecimal septennate septennates septennial septennially septentrial

septentrio septentrion septentrional septentrionally septentrions septet (current term) septets septette septettes septfoil

septfoils septi- septic septic abortion septic arthritis septic bursitis septic endocarditis septic fever septic infarct

Literary usage of Septet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"... Confounded—EA Forster and the First Quartets—The septet and First Symphony—Beethoven's Homes— Hoffmeister—Compositions and Publications of 1800. ..."

2. The Musical World (1856)
"Because I find that a septet or a Symphony lias not so much sale as a Sonata ... septet, would also arrange the same for flute, for example, as Quintet. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"And though •ketches of the septet have not yet been made ... The septet. 5. Duet from the Creation. 6. Improvisation by Beethoven on Haydn's Empe- ..."

4. The Musical World (1869)
"The minuet which formi the third movement of the septet, Op. 20, ... Did Beethoven take over the minuet from the septet into the Sonata, or the reverse ? ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"In the (CF3)jC(NF2)CFO spectrum, the septet at —41.5 (J = 9 cps) is assigned to CFO where ... Coupling between CF3 and CF gives rise to a septet C/CF-CF. ..."

6. Beethoven's Letters: A Critical Edition : with Explanatory Notes by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfred Christlieb Kalischer, John South Shedlock (1909)
"As regards our special business, since you wish it, I hope this may be to your liking: I now offer you the following: septet (concerning which I have ..."

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