variants:
or wind quintet
Definition of woodwind quintet
1
: a musical composition typically in several movements and usually for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, and bassoon
2
: a quintet consisting of a flutist, an oboist, a clarinetist, a hornist, and a bassoonist
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The first known use of woodwind quintet was in 1889
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