Definitions for quintette
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five performers or singers who perform together
quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple(noun)
a set of five similar things considered as a unit
quintet, quintette, fivesome(noun)
five people considered as a unit
a musical composition for five performers
A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
a composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music
Origin: [It. quintetto, dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintette. See Quint.]
Quintette is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 12 miles north-northwest of Pollock Pines, at an elevation of 4049 feet. A post office operated at Quintette from 1903 to 1912, with a move in 1906.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
a musical composition in obligato parts for five voices or five instruments.
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