"nonette" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1865, Louis Spohr’s Autobiography: Translated from the German, Longman et al. (publishers), page 70",
          "text": "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 !”"
        },
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          "ref": "1890, \"David, Félicien\", in Chamber’s Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, New Edition, Volume 3, William & Robert Chambers (publishers), page 698",
          "text": "He composed also a quartette for strings, a nonette, a symphony, and songs."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1893 March, “Verdi’s New Opera” (review of Falstaff), in Dexter Smith (editor), the Musical Record, number 374, page 2",
          "text": "We have now a nonette somewhat suggestive of Mozart, and the whole piece closes with this ensemble thoroughly well developed."
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          "ref": "1865, Louis Spohr’s Autobiography: Translated from the German, Longman et al. (publishers), page 70",
          "text": "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 !”"
        },
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          "ref": "1890, \"David, Félicien\", in Chamber’s Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, New Edition, Volume 3, William & Robert Chambers (publishers), page 698",
          "text": "He composed also a quartette for strings, a nonette, a symphony, and songs."
        },
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          "ref": "1893 March, “Verdi’s New Opera” (review of Falstaff), in Dexter Smith (editor), the Musical Record, number 374, page 2",
          "text": "We have now a nonette somewhat suggestive of Mozart, and the whole piece closes with this ensemble thoroughly well developed."
        }
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        "Alternative form of nonet"
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