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Noun
nonette (plural nonettes)
- (archaic, rare) Alternative form of nonet
- 1865, Louis Spohr’s Autobiography: Translated from the German, Longman et al. (publishers), page 70:
- When I told her my name, her face became animated, and she anxiously inquired whether I was the composer of the nonette, the theme of which she sang to me. As I smiling replied yes, with an outburst of French vivacity she threw her arms around my neck, and exclaimed: “Oh how delighted my husband well be, car il est fou de votre Nonetto !”
- 1890, "David, Félicien", in Chamber’s Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, New Edition, Volume 3, William & Robert Chambers (publishers), page 698:
- He composed also a quartette for strings, a nonette, a symphony, and songs.
- 1893 March, “Verdi’s New Opera” (review of Falstaff), in Dexter Smith (editor), the Musical Record, number 374, page 2:
- We have now a nonette somewhat suggestive of Mozart, and the whole piece closes with this ensemble thoroughly well developed.