The duet, by Hendrik ter Brugghen

A duet is a musical composition or piece for two performers. Hendrick Jansz ter Brugghen, or Terbrugghen, (1588 &ndash Nov 1 1629) was a Dutch painter and a leading member of the Dutch followers Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as piano duet or piano four hands. A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is referred to as a piano duo.

"Duet" is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. For English usage of verbs see the wiki article English verbs. The word is also occasionally used in reference to non-musical activities performed together by two people.

In Renaissance music, a duet specifically intended as a teaching tool, to be performed by teacher and student, was called a bicinium (see etude). Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance, approximately 1400 - 1600 In Music of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras a bicinium (pl An étude (a French word meaning study) is an instrumental Musical composition, most commonly of considerable difficulty usually designed to provide practice