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A classical quintet is usually written for strings (usually two violins, two violas, and a cello) or woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn), but brass quintets (two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba) have also become popular in North America recently. In jazz, Miles Davis led two famous quintets. In pop music, the Miracles, the Temptations, and the Jackson 5 were immensely popular vocal quintets. In rock, one of the most common instrumental lineups has been a quintet consisting of two guitars, a bass, a keyboard, and drums; famous rock quintets have included the Grateful Dead and the Beach Boys.
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Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024
The sense of odd chronological displacement extends to the music that (ostensibly) propels the quintet’s night of debauchery and misadventure.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
Fast forward to present day and the Yankees have one of the best starting quintets in baseball, a group comprised of Rodón, Cortes, Marcus Stroman, Clarke Schmidt and Luis Gil.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 May 2024
The story of a British family’s stint on a Greek isle in the 1930s, The Durrells in Corfu is based on the real-life writings of the quintet’s youngest son, Gerry, who’d go on to become a rather famous naturalist.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Quintet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quintet. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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