1
: a musical composition for eight instruments or voices
2
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That program began with a small octet by Stravinsky and Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
The project marks just the 19th K-pop album to top the chart, as well as the octet’s sixth title to reach the chart’s summit.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
The project marks just the 19th K-pop album to top the chart, as well as the octet’s sixth title to reach the chart’s summit.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Ever since her husband died from a bee sting, the matriarch has smoothly guided her octet of rapscallions through proposals, scandals, and balloon disasters.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
The project marks just the 19th K-pop album to top the chart, as well as the octet’s sixth title to reach the chart’s summit.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
The project marks just the 19th K-pop album to top the chart, as well as the octet’s sixth title to reach the chart’s summit.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Ever since her husband died from a bee sting, the matriarch has smoothly guided her octet of rapscallions through proposals, scandals, and balloon disasters.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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“Octet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/octet. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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octet
noun
oc·tet
äk-ˈtet 
1
a
: a piece of music written for eight voices or eight instruments
b
: the performers of an octet
2
: a group or set of eight
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