sextet in English

noun
1
a group of six people playing music or singing together.
Although a number of composers have written concertos for it, it shines best in the orchestra, with many effective solos, and as a chamber-music instrument in wind quintets, sextets , and octets and other ensembles.
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1. RELEASED JULY 17, 2013 ℗ 2013 LE SEXTET À Claques

2. 17 Besides these, the present calculations indicate that the epoxidation of ethylene is slightly endothermic or exothermic in sextet and quartet states, respectively.

3. Aortae is the title of the new disc by saxofonist Albert Carrique - eight originals arranged especially for a sextet of leading musicians, each of which has left their own personal imprint

4. Khan Jamal Vibe’s Maestro Khan Jamal’s “Infinity” features a Stellar line up, a drums and percussion-rich sextet that features Altoist Byard Lancaster and a Philadelphia-based rhythm section, Clifton Burton on harmonica and the legendary free drummer Sunny Murray

5. ‘In her Cavatina ‘Me voila seule dans la nuit’ she spun the line beautifully.’ ‘For example, Act One loses the ‘Giovani liete’ choruses, Act Three loses the sextet, and Act Four loses Barbarina's Cavatina, Marcellina's song about the he-goat and the she-goat, and Basilio's ‘In quegli anni.’’