0 a song or other piece of music sung or played by two people
1 two people who sing or play musical instruments together, or a piece of music written for two people
A feeling for rhythm and a quick-sighted accurate knowledge of time, may be much improved by playing with others, either duets on the piano, or accompaniments to voice or instrument.
But it was the duet that followed that compelled his admiration.
For three hours an uninterrupted stream of music flows forth, not only solos, but occasionally duets, harmoniously chanted in parts, and rendered with the utmost pathos.
It will be sung once in the first act by the heroine, then in the second act as a duet for heroine and hero.
But duets were a relatively late invention in the history of country and western singing.
The manuscript texts for these works usually contain only generic titles like ' duet' or ' concerted piece' for the musical numbers.
As the duet begins, the libretto's earlier language of visions and thought is almost entirely taken over by the language of sounds, listening, voices.