In Music, a sextet indicates, either a type of formation, or a Musical genre.

Musical formation

A sextet - or sextet , in Jazz - is first of all a musical Ensemble composed of six Musicien S Soliste S, or of six groups of musicians - i.e., six Pupitre S.

Musical genre

A sextet is also a Musical genre dedicated to this type of formation. It indicates a piece of music with six then left simultaneous, intended to be interpreted by six Soliste S, with or without accompaniment.

For example: the final sextet of IIe act of the Don Giovanni of Mozart requires two low, a Ténor and three Soprano S - more the Orchestre, naturally.

• In the Classical music, and more precisely, the Chamber music, the word indicates a Sonate for six instruments soloists. It can be written for the duplicated parts of a Trio with cords - two Violon S, two violas and two Violoncelle S - or for any other combination.

Principal sextets

• sextet COp 81b of Ludwig van Beethoven

• sextet COp 110 of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
• the sextet with cords in major COp 48 of Antonín Dvořák
• two sextets with cords, COp 18 and 36 of Brahms
• the “Night transfigured” COp 4 of Arnold Schönberg
• sextet COp 70 “To remember Florence” of Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski
• sextet with Clarinet of Krzysztof Penderecki
• 6 sextets with cords COp 23 of Luigi Boccherini

See too

• French Chamber music of the {{S|XIX|E}}