sextet

n.

1. Music.
   1. A composition for six voices or six instruments.
   2. A group of six singers or six instrumentalists.
2. A group of six.

[Alteration of SESTET.]

(seks-TET)

noun
1. A group of six.
2. A group of six singers or musicians, or a piece of music composed for them.

Etymology
Alteration of sestet, influenced by Latin sex (six)

Usage
"With the local hockey sextet locked in a Stanley Cup series it would be loyal to stop by and pick up a six-pack." — Dick Kreck; Raise a Glass to Avs; The Denver Post; May 18, 2001.

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A composition for six instruments or voices (or a group that performs such a composition). The string sextet of Classical and post-Classical chamber music is commonly for two violins, two violas and two cellos. Brahms's opp. 18 and 36 are the master-pieces of this repertory; others were composed by Boccherini, Spohr, Raff, Dvořák, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Reger, Martinů and Schoenberg (Verklärte Nacht). Wind sextets include those of Mozart, Beethoven (op. 71) and Janáček (Mládí), and there are sextets for piano with various instruments by Mendelssohn, Glinka, Dohnányi, Poulenc and others.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sekstet

Nederlands (Dutch)
sextet

Français (French)
n. - sextuor

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Mus.) Sextett

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) σεξτέτο

Italiano (Italian)
sestetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sexteto mus. (m)

Русский (Russian)
секстет

Español (Spanish)
n. - sexteto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sextett

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
六重唱曲, 六重奏曲

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 六重唱曲, 六重奏曲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 6중창, 여섯 개 한 벌, 6인조

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 六人組, 六重奏, ホッケーチーム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لحن معد لست آلات أو ست مغنين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יצירה מוסיקלית לשישה קולות או כלים, שישייה, שישה מבצעים‬

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