Sextets, String -- See String sextets Here are entered collections of compositions for various combinations of six bowed stringed instruments. Separate compositions and collections of compositions for six specific bowed stringed instruments are entered under this heading followed by specification of instruments in score order. --Suites; Variations; Waltzes; and similar headings with specification of instruments
Sextets, Wind -- See Wind sextets Here are entered collections of sextets not in a specific form or of a specific type for various combinations of six woodwind and brass instruments. Individual wind sextets and collections not in a specific form or of a specific type for a single combination of instruments are entered under this heading followed by a parenthetical qualifier with the instruments in alphabetical order.Compositions for six brass instruments are entered under Brass sextets; compositions for six woodwind instruments are entered under Woodwind sextets. --headings for forms and types of music that include six woodwind and brass instruments and headings with medium of performance that include six woodwind and brass instruments
