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quintet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quintette |
| Type of | piece, opus, piece of music, composition, musical composition |
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | fivesome, quintette |
| Type of | assemblage, gathering |
quintet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quintette |
| Type of | musical organization, musical organisation, musical group |
quintet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | quintette, quintuple, quintuplet |
| Type of | set |
Examples of quintet
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This outstanding quintet is without question the world's premier brass ensemble.
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This crack quintet isn't merely a bunch of rockers who added twang to their mix.
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Chicago's altruistic black executives extend far beyond this quintet, of course.
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Three members of his new pathfinding quintet were Caribbean through and through.
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My band, a progressive metal quintet, is moved up to the second slot on Day One.
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The vocal quintet will mix the Irish and the Scottish with the holly and the ivy.
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As the audience filed out the quintet stayed on stage mugging and waving to fans.
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Colin Meloy is the front man for the bookish folk-pop quintet the Decemberists.
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Tenor saxophonist Vince Wallace performs with a jazz quintet tonight at 8 and 11.
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- A musical composition for five performers
- Five: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- A set of five similar things considered as a unit
- A quintet is a group containing five members. It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single unit. ...
- Quintet is an post-apocalyptic science fiction film by Robert Altman produced in 1979. It features among others Paul Newman, Brigitte Fossey, Bibi Andersson, Fernando Rey and Vittorio Gassman.
- You Gotta Quintet is a TV program which is aired by NHK educational in Japan. The name of the show means "You Have Five Friends."
- Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Quintet (Op. 39) in 1923.
- Jazz at Massey Hall is a renowned jazz album featuring a live performance by "The Quintet" on 15 May 1953 at Massey Hall in Toronto. The quintet was composed of some of the time's biggest names in jazz: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. ...
- A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians); A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together; Any group of five members
