accompanist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of accompanist
First recorded in 1825–35; accompan(y) + -ist
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In 1935, when Anderson and the Finnish accompanist Kosti Vehanen began their tour of the Soviet Union, she was warned that music with religious content was strictly forbidden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Charles first met Katherine in New York in 1988, when he was singing with a theatre group and she was a piano accompanist.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
When it’s multiple scenes and a dance, ‘Sing an original song’ — that requires a lot of effort, to sit down with music, hire an accompanist, learn choreography — anything under 24 hours feels disrespectful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
With the guitarist Millard Thomas, who would become his accompanist, and the playwright and novelist William Attaway, who would collaborate on many of his songs, he immersed himself in the study of folk music.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
He was replaced as Anderson’s accompanist by Franz Rupp, a Jewish pianist who had fled from Nazi Germany with his family after Adolf Hitler came to power.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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