harpsichordist
noun
a person who plays the harpsichord, especially one who plays skillfully or professionally.
harpsichordists
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pluralof harpsichordist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Only a handful of harpsichordists have become well known, let alone stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
Bach, a canon to which she dedicated her life as one of the world’s premier harpsichordists, died Sept. 27 at a hospital in Prague.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2017
But British harpsichordists snapped up his works when they were published, and Charles Avison, the program’s one native Englishman, alluded to Scarlatti’s pieces in his own concertos.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2012
But harpsichordists tend to mine it only a piece or two at a time.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2011
But today's handful of harpsichordists point out the undeniable fact that only they can make this 18th-Century music sound the way it did in the 18th Century.
From Time Magazine Archive
