duet
Americannoun
noun
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Also called (esp for instrumental compositions): duo. a musical composition for two performers or voices
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an action or activity performed by a pair of closely connected individuals
verb
Other Word Forms
- duettist noun
Etymology
Origin of duet
1730–40; earlier duett < Italian duetto, equivalent to du ( o ) duet + -etto -et
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For this piece, random performers are paired up for duets to try to replicate the magic of David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s “Little Drummer Boy” to varying degrees of success.
From Los Angeles Times
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars had the world's biggest song, with their throwback duet Die With A Smile.
From BBC
The pair put their duet and its accompanying video together in just a couple weeks, “then all of a sudden, we’re talking about going on tour,” Maris said.
From Los Angeles Times
The resulting duet is in fact one of the score’s comic highlights.
“We’ve never planned a national action before,” she objects at the start of their duet “Find a Way.”
From Los Angeles Times
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