cembalo
Americannoun
plural
cembali, cembalosnoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cembalo
1795–1805; < Italian ( clavi ) cembalo < Latin cymbalum cymbal
Example Sentences
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Rossini, at the cembalo, stood up and applauded vigorously at the end of the act.
From Time Magazine Archive
My view of Cristofori's invention allows me to think that the Estense "piano e forte" may have been a hammer cembalo, a very imperfect one, of course.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
Each singer made his own, which the maestro al cembalo accompanied with a few simple chords.
From Style in Singing by Haslam, W. E.
Cleofonte Campanini, then maestro di cembalo at the Metropolitan Opera-house, conducted the performance.
From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
During the seventeenth century, sonatas were written for various instruments, with a figured bass for the cembalo.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
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