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单词 septet
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septetn.

Brit. /sɛpˈtɛt/, U.S. /sɛpˈtɛt/
Forms:

α. 1700s–1800s septett, 1800s–1900s septette, 1800s– septet.

β. 1800s septetto.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Septett.
Etymology: < German Septett composition for seven voices or instruments (1793 or earlier), (in extended use) group of seven people (1842 or earlier) < classical Latin septem (see septem- comb. form) + German -ett (see -et suffix1; compare -ette suffix). Compare earlier duet n., quartet n., quintet n., sextet n.With the form septette at α. forms compare -ette suffix. The β. forms show remodelling after Italian nouns in -etto (see -et suffix1); compare Italian settetto composition for seven voices or instruments (1840 or earlier).
1. Music.
a. A composition for seven voices or instruments.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > pieces for specific number of performers > [noun] > septet
septet1799
septuor1831
1799 A. F. C. Kollmann Ess. Pract. Musical Composition x. 85 Quintetts, Sextetts, Septetts, and Octetts, may also be composed, without as well as with accompaniments.
1828 E. Holmes Ramble among Musicians Germany 263 He [sc. Hummel] was pleased to hear that a lady..had repeatedly played in public his septett for the pianoforte.
1863 Reader 1 Aug. 120/1 He is incapable of singing the duel septett (even transposed) without an effort so painful as to destroy the pleasure of the listener.
1909 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 488/1 The septette in ‘Patience’.
2005 D. Felsenfeld Britten & Barber i. 56 While composing the Prayers, Barber received an odd commission: to write a septet for three woodwinds, three strings, and piano, to be performed by players from the Detroit Symphony.
b. A group of seven singers or instrumentalists who perform together.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > company of musicians
consort1587
concert1688
trio1724
concert party1824
septet1831
quartet1840
sextet1858
octet1880
chamber ensemble1907
chamber group1907
camerata1967
1831 Lady's Bk. June 283/1 A septet of performers..will produce all the body of sound which admits of being tolerated.
1920 Bath Chron. 24 Jan. 22/3 The excellent dance music, played by the string septette performing at the Pump Room in the absence of the regular orchestra, was greatly appreciated.
2005 Time Out N.Y. 5 May 139/4 Tomorrow's Friend is a band you should hear today: a septet that layers crazy-catchy pop hooks over a bed of Volvets-inspired thrumma-thrumma.
2. In extended use: a group or set of seven persons or things.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > seven > [noun] > group of seven
septenarya1500
seven1548
sevenfold1548
sevensome1568
septarchy1630
septuary1656
septuplet1795
septet1832
1832 J. Herbert Let. 15 Apr. in C. Darwin Corr. (1985) I. 224 The Septett thrives; and the Caucus is getting on very well—We have just had a severe contest for the Registraryship which has fallen vacant by the death of Hustler.
1886 Field 9 Jan. 50/3 Another septette faced the starter for the inaptly named Thursday Hurdle Race.
1907 Academy 9 Mar. 230/1 A septette of water-colours by the late H. B. Brabazon.
1926 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 64 59 Fifty different taxonomic characters have so far been correlated with definite septets as occurring in the five simple diploid species.
2006 Time Out N.Y. 14 Dec. 98/1 A septet of pole climbers ascending a 40-foot ‘tower of terror’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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