harpsichordist
harpsichordist noun: one who plays the harpsichord.
Noun
harpsichordist (plural harpsichordists)
- One who plays the harpsichord.
- And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier...2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
- Some harpsichordists might have dismissed these works as not “authentic” Handel, Mr. Cooper said, though he surmised that the arrangements could have been prepared by Handel’s students.2021 March 19, Anthony Tommasini, “Kenneth Cooper, Harpsichordist With Improviser’s Gift, Dies at 79”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2021
Forms of harpsichordist
| plural | harpsichordists |
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Origin of harpsichordist
From harpsichord + -ist.
Questions about harpsichordist
- What does harpsichordist mean?
- Harpsichordist means one who plays the harpsichord.
- What part of speech is harpsichordist?
- Harpsichordist is a noun.
- What is the plural of harpsichordist?
- The plural of harpsichordist is harpsichordists.
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