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The terms duo, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, nonet, and decet describe groups of two up to ten musicians, respectively. A group of eleven musicians, such as found in The Carnival of the Animals , is called an undecet , and a group of twelve is called a duodecet (see Latin numerical prefixes ).
A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is a "piano duo". "Duet" is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. A musical ensemble with more than two solo instruments or voices is called a trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, etc.
The years of composition follow those given on the composer's website. Works of the chamber music genre are further distinguished as solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, nonet and ensemble. The recordings list three portrait CDs, CD1 in 2001, [2] CD2 in 2004, [3] [4] and CD3 in 2021. [5] [6] Additionally, some works have been recorded ...
In classical instrumental music, any additional instrument (such as a piano, clarinet, oboe, etc.) joined to the usual string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), gives the resulting ensemble its name, such as "piano quintet", "clarinet quintet", etc. A piece of music written for such a group is similarly named.
A trio is a composition for three performers or musical parts. Works include Baroque trio sonatas , choral works for three parts, and works for three instruments such as string trios . In the trio sonata, a popular genre of the 17th and early 18th century, two melodic instruments are accompanied by a basso continuo , making three parts in all.
Amorroma is a Belgian acoustic folk music duo of the present with roots in traditional European folk-dance music. The group was founded by Jowan Merckx in 2000, and consists of himself (composer, recorder, singer, bagpipes) and Sarah Ridy . Amorroma gives concerts as a duo but can also give concerts as a trio, quartet, quintet and sextet.
These types of compositions include: symphony, concerto, sonata, and standard chamber music combinations (strings trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, etc.; piano trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, etc.), among others. A sub-title is a subsidiary name given to a work by the composer, and considered part of its formal title, such as:
Old Wine in New Bottles (1958), for double wind quintet with 2 trumpets; Wilfred Josephs. Concerto a dodici, opus 21 (1960). Concerto for twelve wind instruments, flute, piccolo, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, double bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba; Karl Kohn. Concert Music for 12 wind instruments (1956) Felix Mendelssohn.