A sextet (or hexad) is a formation containing exactly six members. The former term is commonly associated with vocal ensembles (e.g. The King's Singers, Affabre Concinui) or musical instrument groups, but can be applied to any situation where six similar or related objects are considered a single unit.[1][2]
Musical compositions with six parts are sextets. Many musical compositions are named for the number of musicians for which they are written. If a piece is written for six performers, it may be called a "sextet". Steve Reich's "Sextet", for example, is written for six percussionists. However, much as many string quartets do not include "string quartet" in the title (though many do), many sextets do not include "sextet" in their title. See: string sextet and piano sextet.
sextet, other, uses, disambiguation, west, film, with, similar, name, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources. For other uses see Sextet disambiguation For the Mae West film with a similar name see Sextette This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sextet news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message A sextet or hexad is a formation containing exactly six members The former term is commonly associated with vocal ensembles e g The King s Singers Affabre Concinui or musical instrument groups but can be applied to any situation where six similar or related objects are considered a single unit 1 2 Musical compositions with six parts are sextets Many musical compositions are named for the number of musicians for which they are written If a piece is written for six performers it may be called a sextet Steve Reich s Sextet for example is written for six percussionists However much as many string quartets do not include string quartet in the title though many do many sextets do not include sextet in their title See string sextet and piano sextet In jazz music a sextet is any group of six players usually containing a drum set bass drum snare drum hi hat ride cymbal string bass or electric bass piano and various combinations of the following or other instruments guitar trumpet saxophone clarinet trombone In heavy metal and rock music a sextet typically contains but is not restricted to a lead vocalist two guitarists a bassist drummer and keyboardist In classical music editAntonin Dvorak String Sextet in A major Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Lennox Berkeley Sextet for Clarinet Horn and String Quartet John Ireland Sextet for Clarinet Horn and String Quartet Francis Poulenc Sextet for Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Horn and Piano Ernst von Dohnanyi Sextet for Clarinet Horn String Trio and Piano Krzysztof Penderecki Sextet for Clarinet Horn String Trio and PianoIn rock heavy metal and hip hop editThe Allman Brothers Band Amaranthe The Birthday Massacre Bleeding Through Blondie Bury Tomorrow Butcher Babies Chimaira Cradle of Filth Dark Tranquillity since 1998 Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Delain The Devil Wears Prada Dimmu Borgir The Doobie Brothers Electric Six Epica Fleshgod Apocalypse Foo Fighters Foreigner GFriend Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Guns N Roses 1990 1998 Haken Huey Lewis and the News The Human League 1981 1995 Ill Nino INXS Iron Maiden since 1999 Jackson 5 1975 1976 1983 1985 3 circular reference Jefferson Airplane Journey Kansas King Crimson King Gizzard amp the Lizard Wizard since 2020 Leaves Eyes Linkin Park Mayday Parade Mink DeVille Nappy Roots Neurosis New Edition Nightwish Procol Harum The Pussycat Dolls 2008 2010 2019 2022 quintet Rammstein Soilwork Styx Spandau Ballet 1979 1990 quintet Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky Underoath Whitechapel WhitesnakeReferences edit Sextet Definition and More from the Free Merriam Webster Dictionary Merriam webster com 2012 08 31 Retrieved 2013 09 15 sextet definition of sextet by the Free Online Dictionary Thesaurus and Encyclopedia Thefreedictionary com Retrieved 2013 09 15 The Jackson 5 nbsp This music related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sextet amp oldid 1217374089, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
