Quartet and Sextet

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Quartet noun - A musical composition for four performers.

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Sextet and quartet are semantically related in collection topic. In some cases you can use "Sextet" instead a noun "Quartet".

Nearby Word: quartette

Sextet noun - Six performers or singers who perform together.

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Quartet and sextet are semantically related in collection topic. You can use "Quartet" instead a noun "Sextet".

Counterpoint Duet: BIG fan of this, puts it in almost all his shows, and sometimes going one step further and making it into a trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, or an ensemble number with as much as 8-part counterpoint!!

Source: Creator / Stephen Sondheim
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

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