Piece and Sextet

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Piece noun - A broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete.

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Sextet and piece are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Sextet" with "Piece", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: pieced, piecework, piecing

Sextet noun - A musical composition written for six performers.

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Piece and sextet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Piece" instead a noun "Sextet".

Frobisher's "Cloud Atlas Sextet" follows the same pattern the novel does, and he associates each of the six movements of his piece with an instrument.

Source: Literature / Cloud Atlas
Ludwig van Beethoven was annoyed that the publisher of his piano sonata in E-flat major, "Das Lebewohl" translated the title into French as "Les adieux." (It was published as a companion piece to, of all kinds of compositions, a sextet for two horns and string quartet.)

Source: Executive Meddling / Music
Sixsmith partially inspired Frobisher's creation (smithing) of the Cloud Atlas Sextet (a piece written for six players).

Source: Literature / Cloud Atlas

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