Today we will discuss concepts such as a quartet, a quintet, and also name their representatives. This is a musical ensemble consisting of five performers. The term comes from the Latin word quintus.
Collective
A quintet is an ensemble of five people. Such groups can be homogeneous and mixed. A quintet is a group that, for example, can consist of a string quartet and a piano. The name of such a team was in honor of the last of the mentioned tools. The usual composition of the wind quintet includes a horn, bassoon, clarinet, oboe, flute. You should also consider another option. There is also a brass quintet. It includes a horn, 2 pipes, a tube and a trombone. And one more example. The jazz quintet consists of a saxophone, double bass, drums, trumpet and piano. The last instrument can be replaced with a guitar.
Notes
In its other meaning, a quintet is a piece of music created for five singing voices or instruments. The indicated phenomenon took shape in the 18th century. Its representatives were, in particular, Mozart and Haydn. The bands then consisted of wind and string instruments. Quintets have since been written in the form of sonata cycles. In the XIX-XX centuries. The piano ensemble became widespread. In this case, it is possible to contrast the diverse and rich timbres of strings and pianos. Such music was created by Shostakovich, Taneyev, Brahms, Schumann, Schubert. Vocal quintet can serve as part of a cantata, oratorio, opera action.
Representatives
A quintet is AC / DC. We are talking about an Australian rock band formed in Sydney by the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, who came from Scotland. The team is among the pioneers of heavy metal and hard rock.
The Aerosmith group includes 5 people. Aerosmitovtsev often called "bad guys from Boston," while the participants in this city is not home. Stephen Tallarico, Tom Hamilton and Joe Perry met for the first time in the town of Syunapi.
Backstreet Boys is a pop group. Nine albums of the team started in the US top ten charts. The first record was of the same name, since its release within the framework of the project it was possible to realize 130 million copies of records.
Bon Jovi is a rock band from New Jersey. The team includes John Bon Jovi, David Brian, Hugh MacDonald, Phil X, Tico Torres. For many years, the composition has not changed. However, the team left Alec John Sach, he was replaced by Hugh MacDonald.
Deep Purple is a British rock band that was formed in Hartford. She is one of the most influential and prominent in hard rock. Music critics praise the team's contribution to the development of heavy metal.
Def Leppard is a British rock band originating from Sheffield. The style of the team has undergone a number of changes over the years. The musicians took the direction of glam metal, starting to move from hard rock.
Duran Duran is a British pop rock band that was formed in Birmingham. The collective found its name by the name of the main negative character in the film Barbarella.
5 people are included in the Europe group. This is a Swedish rock band founded by guitarist John Norum and vocalist Joey Tempest. In the first period of its existence, the team belonged to glam metal. After the revival, she switched to modern heavy metal and hard rock.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood is a UK band. The team in Liverpool was founded by Holly Johnson. It also included Peter Jill, Paul Rutherford, Mark O'Toole, Brian Nash.
Gerry & The Pacemakers is a British rock and roll band. Like The Beatles, another Liverpool team, its manager was Brian Epstein. The band was the first whose 3 singles took 1st place in the UK Singles Chart.
Girls Aloud is a British pop group. It included Nadine Coyle, Kimberly Walsh, Nicola Roberts, Sarah Harding, Cheryl Cole. The group released 22 singles, 5 studio albums, 2 compilations, 2 remixes.
Four
A musical ensemble of 4 musicians, instrumentalists or vocalists is called a quartet. Distinguish between homogeneous and mixed groups. In classical music, the latter include oboe, flute and piano. Saxophone quartets later spread. Such groups exist beyond academic music - in jazz and rock. For quartets, works were written by Mozart, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Haydn. Luigi Boccherini composed them within a hundred for violins only. Often when using this term they mean a string ensemble.