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sestet(t, sestette|sɛsˈtɛt|
[ad. It. sestetto: see next and -et1, -ette, and cf. sextet.]
1. Mus. A composition for six voices or instruments.
1801Busby Dict. Mus., Sestetto, or Sestett. 1874Ouseley Mus. Form 52 Thus are constructed..sestetts, septetts, and ottetts. 1883Grove's Dict. Mus. III. 475/2 Instrumental sestets are of two kinds; those for strings only..and those for various combinations of strings, wind and pianoforte.
2. Pros. The last six lines of a sonnet. Cf. octave, octet.
a1859L. Hunt Bk. Sonnet (1867) I. 10 The Minor division [of the Italian sonnet consists] of six lines, called the Sestette. 1881Athenæum 8 Oct. 459/3 The regular sonnet of octave and sestet. 1882Macm. Mag. Feb. 325 This rhythmic variation of the order in the sestet rhymes. 1896E. Gosse Crit. Kit-Kats 7 No fault can be found with the structure of her [Mrs. Browning's] octetts and sestetts. |