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Duet   /duˈɛt/  /djuˈɛt/   Listen
noun
Duet  n.  (Mus.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.






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"Duet" Quotes from Famous Books



... charming duet, "Would that my Love," which was a great favourite of Brian's. They were in the middle of it when suddenly Madge stopped, as she heard a loud cry, evidently proceeding from her father's study. Recollecting Dr. Chinston's warning, she ...
— The Mystery of a Hansom Cab • Fergus Hume

... surrender, Michael?" asked the girl. "Or shall we stick to the piano, now we've got it? If Hermann once sits down, you know, we shan't get him away for the rest of the evening. I can't sing any more, but we might play a duet to ...
— Michael • E. F. Benson

... was music at Bezuquet the chemists, he would drop in as if by chance, and after much persuasion he would consent to take part in the great duet from "Robert le Diable" with madame Bezuquet ...
— Tartarin de Tarascon • Alphonse Daudet

... hesitated, and then said he would call again at five. He evidently preferred a duet to a trio. He then thanked Mary Wells with more warmth than the occasion seemed to call for, and retired very slowly: he had ...
— A Terrible Temptation - A Story of To-Day • Charles Reade

... remarkable duet. After an adagio opening in which flute and piano were at magnificent cross purposes from the beginning, the two instruments plunged into an allegro very long and very fast, which became ultimately a desperate race between the competing performers ...
— Robert Elsmere • Mrs. Humphry Ward


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