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Definition of Sestetto
1. n. A sestet.
Definition of Sestetto
1. sestett [n -S] - See also: sestett
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sestetto
Literary usage of Sestetto
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 (1880)
"In the sestetto, in the second act (which was Mozart's favorite piece of the
whole opera), ... All through the piece I was to stutter ; but in the sestetto, ..."
2. Personal Reminiscences: By O'Keefe, Kelly, and Taylor by John O'Keeffe, Michael Kelly, John Taylor, Richard Henry Stoddard (1875)
"In the sestetto, in the second act (which was Mozart's favorite piece of the
whole opera), ... All through the piece I was to stutter ; but in the sestetto, ..."
3. Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre, and Theatre Royal by Michael Kelly (1826)
"through the piece I was to stutter; but in the sestetto, Mozart requested I would
not, for if I did, I should spoil his music. I told him, that although it ..."
4. Memoirs of the Opera in Italy, France, Germany, and England by George Hogarth (1851)
"In the sestetto in the second act (which was Mozart's favourite piece of the
whole opera) ... All through the piece I was to stutter; but, in the sestetto, ..."
5. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1875)
"I have a hankering for a sestetto ever since wo tried one in 'Figaro,' although
there the lyric ... As to a sestetto, there will be ample room for one. ..."
6. The Musiclover's Handbook: Containing (1) a Pronouncing Dictionary of by John Herbert Clifford (1911)
"Sextet, Sestet, sestetto (It.), Sextuor (Fr.). A composition for six solo voices
or instruments. Sextuplet. A group of six notes occupying the time of four. ..."
7. The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review by Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1826)
"The first piece in the collection, a sestetto by Pergolesi, would be esteemed a
fine composition, were it not faulty in the prime respect that the motive or ..."
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