cembalist
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a word derived from
cembalo.
Example Sentences
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His third son, Carl Philip Emanuel, had entered the service of Frederick the Great, and was acting as cembalist in the royal orchestra.
From Story-Lives of Great Musicians by Francis Jameson Rowbotham
After three years as cembalist and conductor at the Italian opera in London, he set out upon a tour as virtuoso.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
Carl Philip Emmanuel, his third son, was cembalist in the royal orchestra of Frederick the Great.
From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower
Neefe was soon after promoted, the Elector giving him charge of the secular as well as the sacred music of the Court, upon which Beethoven received his first appointment, that of cembalist of the orchestra.
From Beethoven by George Alexander Fischer
The duty of the cembalist is to preside at the piano.
From Beethoven by George Alexander Fischer