Quintet, a musical composition for five instruments or voices; also, a group of five musicians performing such a composition. The string quintet normally includes two violins, two violas, and a cello.

The most common instrumentation for a brass quintet is: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba.

A brass quintet is a chamber ensemble composed of five brass instruments. Most commonly, the instruments of the brass quintet are two trumpets, a french horn, trombone and a tuba or a bass trombone.

A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. The instrumentation for a brass quintet typically includes two trumpets or cornets, one French horn, one trombone or euphonium/baritone horn, and one tuba or bass trombone. Musicians in a brass quintet may often play multiple instruments.

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The Canadian Brass is a Canadian brass quintet formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, by Charles Daellenbach (tuba) and Gene Watts (trombone), with horn player Graeme Page and trumpets Stuart Laughton and Bill Phillips completing the quintet….

A performance group of four brass musicians (usually two trumpets, a horn, and a trombone).

A quintet is a group containing five members. It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single unit.

Until the early 18th century it was called a sackbut in English. In Italian it was always called trombone, and in German, posaune. The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. The word “trombone” derives from Italian Tromba (trumpet) and -one (a suffix meaning “large”), so the name means “large trumpet”.

With an international reputation as one of the most popular brass ensembles today, Canadian Brass has truly earned the distinction of “the world’s most famous brass group.” BAC manufactures custom hand-made trumpets and trombones, designs and imports a line of student instruments and remains the national distributor …

Masters of concert presentations, Canadian Brass has developed a uniquely engaging stage presence and rapport with audiences. With a discography of over 130 albums and an extensive world-wide touring schedule, Canadian Brass is an important pioneer in bringing brass music to mass audiences everywhere.

The strings are the largest family of instruments in the orchestra and they come in four sizes: the violin, which is the smallest, viola, cello, and the biggest, the double bass, sometimes called the contrabass.

1 : a musical composition or movement for five instruments or voices. 2 : a group or set of five: such as. a : the performers of a quintet.