Quintett

Quintett, a musical composition for five solo voices, or for five instruments, each of which is obligato. Quintetts for strings have been written by Boccherini, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Onslow, &c.; for other combinations of instruments, generally including the pianoforte, by Mozart, Schnbert, Schumann, Brahms, and Raff. Of vocal quintetts one of the most notable is that in Wagner's Meistersinger.