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sep·tet

also sep·tette  (sĕp-tĕt′)
n.
1. Music
a. A composition for seven voices or seven instruments.
b. A group of seven singers or seven instrumentalists.
2. A group of seven.
[German Septett, from Latin septem, seven; see septm̥ in Indo-European roots.]
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septet

(sɛpˈtɛt) or

septette

n
1. (Music, other) music a group of seven singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
2. a group of seven people or things
[C19: from German, from Latin septem seven]
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sep•tet

(sɛpˈtɛt)

n.
1. any group of seven persons or things.
2. a company of seven singers or musicians.
3. a musical composition for a septet.
[1830–40; < German; see septi-, -et]
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Septet, Septette

 a set of seven, 1886; seven infants at a birth.
Examples: septette of watercolours, 1907; a septette (a field of seven horses in racing), 1886.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.septet - the cardinal number that is the sum of six and oneseptet - the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
7, heptad, septenary, seven, sevener, VII
digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
2.septet - seven performers or singers who perform together
septette
musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
3.septet - a set of seven similar things considered as a unit
septette
set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
4.septet - seven people considered as a unit
sevensome, septette
assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
5.septet - a musical composition written for seven performers
septette
musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
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Translations

septet

[sepˈtet] N → septeto m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

septet

, septette
n → Septett nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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(20) Still played to this day by groups like Septeto Santiaguero, "Arroz con palitos" decries the protagonist's inability to eat food with chopsticks despite falling in love with a Chinese woman.
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(10) Indeed, it is in this era that the music sensibility and performance of traditional rumba overwhelms New York City's professional music scene with the arrival of Cuban rumberos like Candido Camero (1946), Luciano "Chano" Pozo (1947), and the legendary Rodriguez family: Arsenio (1950) who, in Cuba, popularized the tumbadora drum in the septeto conjunto format, and his brothers Enrique and Raul.
Central Park Rumba: Nuyorican identity and the return to African roots
A comienzos de los anos treinta, se destaca en el grupo del Conservatorio como recitadora, actriz en piezas comicas breves e interprete de cuples, en espectaculos de variedades en los que conviven composiciones del maestro Gonzalo Roig, el Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pineiro, pregones y "bailes excentricos".
What, no rhumba? Los recitales de Eusebia Cosme y las tensiones entre "raza" y cultura" en torno a la definicion de la "poesia negra" hispanoamericana en los anos treinta y cuarenta
Portuondo's visit was followed by the Septeto Nacional, another legend of Cuban 'son' rhythm that returned from touring New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and even Miami, a stronghold of die-hard Cuban exiles that in the past has often been hostile to such appearances.
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