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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.
A quintet is a musical composition or movement for five instruments or voices, or a group or set of five. Learn more about the word history, examples, synonyms, and related entries of quintet.
Learn about quintet, a musical composition or group of five musicians, in various genres and instrumentations. Explore the history and examples of string, piano, wind, brass, and vocal quintets, as well as mariachi music.
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See media help. A string quintet is a musical composition for five string players. As an extension to the string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello ), a string quintet includes a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola (a so-called "viola quintet") or a second cello (a "cello quintet"), or occasionally a double bass .
In classical music, a piano quintet is a work of chamber music written for piano and four other instruments, most commonly (since 1842) a string quartet (i.e., two violins, viola, and cello). The term also refers to the group of musicians that plays a piano quintet.
Quintet definition: any set or group of five persons or things.. See examples of QUINTET used in a sentence.
A quintet is a group of five people who sing or play musical instruments together, or a piece of music written for five people. Learn more about the word, its usage and its synonyms in different languages.
