duet
[doo-et, dyoo-]
- a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
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Origin of duet
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Contemporary Examples
The cartoons zing, whirr, and reverberate harmonically, making each entry a sort of duet.
And then my duet with Kathryn, and my first duet with Valerie, the contemporary that Travis Wall choreographed.
Even Prince himself turns up for a duet on The Electric Lady.
Not only that, but one of my many dreams came true when I did a duet with the legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie.
KERMIT: Tell us about your duet with singing legend Celine Dion.
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Historical Examples
He had decidedly the best of the duet, and the door was suffering every second.
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln
Two girls played a duet on a piano and played it rather badly.
Mixed FacesRoy Norton
The duet between the rose and the daisy was magnificently sung.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2)Alexandre Dumas pre
"And here we are now," said Freddie, putting an end to this duet.
The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry IslandLaura Lee Hope
If you like that kind of music, you should hear their duet about breakfast time.
Reels and SpindlesEvelyn Raymond
duet
- Also called (esp for instrumental compositions): duo a musical composition for two performers or voices
- an action or activity performed by a pair of closely connected individuals
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- (intr) to perform a duet
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Word Origin
C18: from Italian duetto a little duet, from duo duet, from Latin: two
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Word Origin and History for duet
n.
1740, from French duet, from Italian duetto "short musical composition for two voices," diminutive of duo "two" (see two). As a verb, from 1822. The Italian form of the noun was used in English from c.1724.
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