cembalo
Americannoun
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cembali,
plural
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cembalos
plural
noun
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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
This return to the opening theme is to be found already in the sonatinas for violin and cembalo by G.P.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
The first, probably an Allegro moderato, opens with a bold characteristic phrase, which is repeated in the second bar by the second cembalo; points of imitation, in fact, continue throughout the movement.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
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
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
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