Quintet

A quintet ( to quinto from Italian or Latin Quintetto quintus " fifth " ) is generally a set of fives and especially in music, a group of five performers or a piece of music for such a group. The name Quintet is not used for five-voice choirs. The instrumental quintet was previously called the difference to the vocal quintet " Quintuor ".

The use and characteristics of the quintet are similar to the quartet. As usual occupations have emerged:

• String Quintet
• Piano Quintet
• Woodwind and string quartet, as Clarinet Quintet
• Wind Quintet
• Brass Quintet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven composed a quintet ever for solo piano and woodwind. Kalevi Aho wrote quintets in unusual combinations, including " flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello " and " alto saxophone, bassoon, viola, cello and double bass ." Composers such as Joseph Martin Kraus, Anton Reicha, Alberto Ginastera, Jean Françaix, Yun I- sang and Walter Piston wrote each a quintet for flute and string quartet. Graham Waterhouse composed quintets for woodwind and string quartet.