woodwind quintet

noun

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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