terzetto

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terzetto (It.). Generally applied to a comp. for any combination of 3 vv., but also used sometimes (instead of trio) for instr. comps., e.g. Dvořák's Terzetto for 2 vn. and va., Op.74 (1887) and Holst's Terzetto for fl., ob., and va. (1925).

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