cembalo

American  

[chem-buh-loh] / ˈtʃɛm bəˌloʊ /

noun

Music.

plural

cembali, cembalos

1. harpsichord.

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cembalo British  

/ ˈtʃɛmbələʊ /

noun

1. another word for harpsichord

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Other Word Forms

• cembalist noun

Etymology

Origin of cembalo

1795–1805; < Italian ( clavi ) cembalo < Latin cymbalum cymbal

Example Sentences

Rossini, at the cembalo, stood up and applauded vigorously at the end of the act.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each singer made his own, which the maestro al cembalo accompanied with a few simple chords.

From Style in Singing by Haslam, W. E.

The essential distinction between the cembalo and the spinet was in the manner of tone production.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

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)

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