sextet
Americannoun
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any group or set of six.
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Music. Also
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a company of six singers or players.
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a musical composition for six voices or instruments.
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noun
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music a group of six singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
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a group of six people or things
Etymology
Origin of sextet
Example Sentences
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A boxed set of previously unreleased recordings highlights a sextet, quintet and quartet led by the jazz master.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
As a teenager, the pianist and composer played in a swing band, his own trio and then in a sextet called the Jazz Epistles, which also included another South African jazz great, Hugh Masakela.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
L’Impératrice No matter who is playing against L’Impératrice on Friday at Coachella, I recommend ditching them in favor of the French sextet with the snazzy stagewear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Fronted by singer Francesca Eluhu, the sextet blends psychedelic neo-soul, breezy R&B and jazz — both London’s dance-floor-moving modern fusion scene and dashes of Afro-Cuban rhythms — over six joyful tracks.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
The doors to the great hall were thrown open, and a sextet of natural trumpets blared as the king walked out upon the dais.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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