cellist

[ chel-ist ]

noun

Origin of cellist

First recorded in 1885–90; short for violoncellist

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Roldugin wasn’t just a cellist, but also Putin’s best friend going back to the 1970s.
For Putin, It's All About the Money—And I Learned That the Hard Way | Bill Browder | April 12, 2022 | Time
In Russia, that star was classical cellist named Sergei Roldugin.
For Putin, It's All About the Money—And I Learned That the Hard Way | Bill Browder | April 12, 2022 | Time
There’s also a whole section devoted to Paik’s long-term collaboration with the cellist Charlotte Moorman.
Nam June Paik predicted the Internet, YouTube and Instagram. But he was more interesting as an artist than as a prophet. | Sebastian Smee | July 30, 2021 | Washington Post
His great-grandmother, Thelma Yellin, was a world-renowned cellist.
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The famed cellist played into his 90s, just as Thomas came close to doing.
Helen Thomas, a Relentless White House Reporter With a Softer Side | Eleanor Clift | July 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

The cellist of Sarajevo By Steven Galloway This 2008 novel is a beautiful book.
Mark Kurlansky’s Book Bag: 5 Essential Music Reads | Mark Kurlansky | July 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The 1974 trip also led to an exit visa for the renowned cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich, to leave the USSR.
Teddy's Idealism | Adam Clymer | August 26, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
If I Stay is the story of Mia, a senior in an Oregon high school who is an avid cellist bound for Juilliard.
The Next Twilight? | Isabel Wilkinson | March 20, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was about five years older than Tchaikovsky, and had held the post of cellist at the Opera House since the age of fifteen.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
The singer has to sing only one note at a time; the violinist or 'cellist need use but one hand for notes.
Piano Mastery | Harriette Brower
Edith Arbuthnot had arrived, bringing with her a violinist, a viola-player and a 'cellist, but neither maid nor luggage.
Dodo's Daughter | E. F. Benson
After handing the other sheet to the 'cellist he plunged into a furious rendition of "Wildcat Rag."
Elkan Lubliner, American | Montague Glass
The family consisted of two sons—a pianist and a 'cellist—and two daughters—a violinist and a pianist.
Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday | Henry C. Lahee

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