Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A performer upon the harpsichord.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun someone who plays the harpsichord.
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- noun One who
plays theharpsichord .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who plays the harpsichord
Etymologies
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Examples
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As the church's organist, pianist and 'harpsichordist', Carl is often called upon to accompany the various musicians within the church when we play a piece for the service.
Violinist.com 2010
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As the church's organist, pianist and 'harpsichordist', Carl is often called upon to accompany the various musicians within the church when we play a piece for the service.
Violinist.com 2010
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Very few of us had seen a Lully opera in real life, said harpsichordist Dongsuk Shin.
Historic Opera Fit for Kings County Pia Catton 2011
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"When I asked harpsichordist and Terezín survivor Zuzana Růžičková whether she had gone to a particular composer's concerts," recalled Michael Beckerman, chairman of the music department at New York University, "she said, 'What, and miss my Greek lessons?'"
Still, the Music Played On Barbara Jepson 2012
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A harpsichordist named Fernando Valenti sounds like a caricature lounge singer, no? opened the show.
Binky Philips: Seeing and Not Seeing Jimi Hendrix Binky Philips 2011
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Maria Anna, nicknamed Nannerl, was in fact a gifted composer, singer and harpsichordist.
'One Day': A Stutter-Stop Affair to Forget Joe Morgenstern 2011
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In those letters I discovered and fell in love with Nannerl, Mozart's sister, almost five years older than her brother, a prodigy in her own right, a marvelous singer and remarkable harpsichordist.
George Heymont: The Shadow of Your Sib George Heymont 2011
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She became a protegee of German violinist Adolf Busch and also studied with renowned harpsichordist Wanda Landowska and guitarist Andres Segovia.
Blanche Moyse, musical pioneer and peerless conductor of Bach choral works, dies at 101 Matt Schudel 2011
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A 17th - or 18th-century harpsichordist would more likely have had an instrument with minimal decoration.
Amadeus Beaux-Arts Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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We went to hear Israeli conductor, harpsichordist and concertinist Shalev Ad-El at the Leon de Greif auditorium on the Plaza Che Gevara at the National U.
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