nonet

American  

[noh-net] / noʊˈnɛt /

noun

Music.

1. a group of nine performers or instruments.

2. a composition for a nonet.

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nonet British  

/ nɒˈnɛt /

noun

1. a piece of music composed for a group of nine instruments

2. an instrumental group of nine players

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Etymology

Origin of nonet

1860–65; < Italian nonetto, derivative of nono ninth < Latin nōnus. See -et

Example Sentences

Before she became one of “The Nine,” Justice Bernstein was one of another famous nonet: the first group of women admitted to Harvard Law School in the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times

His 1979 album “X-75 Volume 1” engaged a nonet of four basses, four winds and one vocalist.

From New York Times

But much of the chamber music in which Farrenc excelled has been recorded, including her sonatas, piano trios and famous Nonet, the success of which in 1850 led her to demand, and receive, equal pay on the faculty of the Paris Conservatory, where she had become the first female professor in 1842.

From New York Times

“I find that a lot of pianist-composers from that time knew what instruments should sound like, but their craftsmanship was not always as immaculate as hers,” said the hornist James Sommerville, who performs the Nonet with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players on Nov. 7.

From New York Times

Never mind Mendelssohn’s Octet, this concert deserves attention for its revival of the Nonet of Louise Farrenc, dating to 1849, a piece that shows the best of its remarkably fine composer, who taught at the Paris Conservatory and whose music is due for a revival.

From New York Times