Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cello.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The modern form of the medieval viola da gamba.
- noun In organ-building, a pedal stop of eight-feet tone, having metal pipes of narrow scale and a very string-like quality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a bass viol of four strings, or a bass violin with long, large strings, giving sounds an octave lower than the viola, or tenor or alto violin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A large
stringed instrument of theviolin family, but smaller than thedouble bass .
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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My violoncello was the inspiration for the Man Ray derivation on my back.
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People have been playing the instrument, formally known as the violoncello, since the mid-16th century.
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People have been playing the instrument, formally known as the violoncello, since the mid-16th century.
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a kind of violoncello, the "tschibyzga," a long reed flute; wind instruments, tom-toms, tambourines, united with the deep voices of the singers, formed a strange harmony.
Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar Jules Verne 1866
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Younger artists include Han-Na Chang on violoncello, who will perform works by Elgar and Mahler.
Top Acts Rock Istanbul's Summer Michael Kuser 2009
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Visitors can listen to pianist André Previn, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and violoncello player Lynne Harrell perform together in a 1,600-year-old church, or sit where the sultans strolled, in the courtyard of Topkapi Palace, and hear a guitarist play Tchaikovsky, Schubert and other composers.
Top Acts Rock Istanbul's Summer Michael Kuser 2009
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The string quartet, for two violins, viola and violoncello, was one of the most widely-cultivated genres of chamber music during the Classical period, with the Viennese masters Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven all contributing substantially to the literature.
The Classical String Quartet, 1770-1840 (Duke University) 2009
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Torelli's op. 4 for violin and violoncello contributed to the repertory of unaccompanied duos not unusual at the period.
Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009
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The string quartet, for two violins, viola and violoncello, was one of the most widely-cultivated genres of chamber music during the Classical period, with the Viennese masters Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven all contributing substantially to the literature.
August 2009 2009
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It was equally uncertain whether the principal female singer would be sufficiently recovered from the influenza to make her appearance; Mr. Harleigh, the MASANIELLO of the night, was hoarse, and rather unwell, in consequence of the great quantity of lemon and sugar – candy he had eaten to improve his voice; and two flutes and a violoncello had pleaded severe colds.
Sketches by Boz 2007
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