Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, pitched lower than the viola but higher than the double bass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
violoncello : often written 'cello.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A contraction for
violoncello .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A large stringed instrument of the
violin family with four strings. (From lowest to highestC -G -D -A )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I have odd taste in music, a friend introduced me to Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and I love Apocalyptica's cello Metallica covers ( "One" on cello is pure win).
Video Game Hipsters SVGL 2009
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Tracks from his new album contain cello samples and references to Italian Vogue.
Kanye West: Mister Perfection is stylishly reinventing the rules of rap Elizabeth Day 2010
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Star Wars-3 New in cello pack Pez: Leia, Chewbacca, Vader
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(Soundbite of music) HANSEN: In a previous interview, you had told the interviewer that the cello was actually vital to your physical health.
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Rostropovich called the cello "a hero in our times" and you can hear that same philosophy in Maisky's playing.
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Pablo Casals, the world-famous cellist, who chose life-long exile from his native Spain because of the fascist dictator who ruled the beloved country of his birth, said this: "My cello is my weapon; I choose where I play, when I play, and before whom I play."
Theodore Bikel: Legitimizing an Obstacle to Peace Theodore Bikel 2010
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Pablo Casals, the world-famous cellist, who chose life-long exile from his native Spain because of the fascist dictator who ruled the beloved country of his birth, said this: "My cello is my weapon; I choose where I play, when I play, and before whom I play."
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And I also felt that there was a very lovely, metaphorical connection, since the cello is originally inspired by the human form -- especially the female form -- so I start out embracing the cello, which is based on the human body, and then I [begin to] embrace the human body directly, in the form of a corpse.
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Greenhouse continues to perform and teach, and his cello has been a constant companion.
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When I heard Han-Na Chang incidentally, a Rostropovich protegee play in Verbier 4-5 years back, it hit me between the eyes that the cello is the most beautiful and expressive instrument on the planet.
Slava forever Jessica 2007
sionnach commented on the word cello
I associate cello with kaddish, based on Bruch's "Kol Nidrei".
February 5, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word cello
I love the sound of the cello.
February 5, 2008
kewpid commented on the word cello
Bach's Cello Suite is beautiful.
February 5, 2008
yarb commented on the word cello
Bruch's "Kol Nidrei" is beautiful isn't it? And of course Bach's cello suites.
Someone told me that the cello is the instrument closest in timbre to the human voice.
My favourite cello work is Elgar's cello concerto, which he wrote after WWI and is full of loss and hurt, except for a couple of brief skylarkish passages. But Shostakovich and Dvorak wrote amazing cello concertos too.
February 6, 2008
sionnach commented on the word cello
I have a CD of Jacqueline DuPre playing the Elgar concerto (presumably recorded before her disease had reached the advanced stage), which has so much raw emotion it's almost too heartbreaking to listen to.
Kind of like how some of the first season episodes of Six Feet Under are so good, they are almost unbearable to watch.
February 6, 2008