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Octet   /ɑktˈɛt/   Listen
noun
octet  n.  
1.
(Mus.) A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.
2.
A group of eight singers or eight musicians.





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"Octet" Quotes from Famous Books



... pianist-composer characterised in Chapter X. There all the best artists of Warsaw assembled, and the executants had to play prima vista whatever was placed before them. Of works performed at two of these Friday evening meetings, we find mentioned Spohr's Octet, described by Chopin as "a wonderful work"; Ries's Concerto in C sharp minor (played with quartet accompaniment), Hummel's Trio in E major, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia's Quartet, and Beethoven's last Trio, which, Chopin says, ...
— Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks


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