quintet.
A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
Meaning & usage
A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
The composer wrote a string quintet in his early twenties.
A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
Any group of five members
jazz quintet
string quintet
Where this word comes from
From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).
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