organist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of organist
1585–95; < Medieval Latin organista; equivalent to organ ( um ) organ + -ista -ist
Example Sentences
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John’s grandfather, an organist, impresses upon his pupil that music will only torment him if he thinks of it as an art form to be perfected; he must instead treat it as a “commodity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Don Henley compares the Eagles’ role there to the organist at a silent movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
For Daniel-Hoste, a classically trained pipe organist who plays in regional orchestras and teaches piano on the side, his expenditures hardly seemed exorbitant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Jones' family backed a £120,000 fundraising campaign to have him immortalised as the nude organist, a recurring character he played in Monty Python's Flying Circus.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
In smaller cinemas a pianist or organist would provide a similarly live accompaniment; Russian classical composer Dmitri Shostakovich supported himself in Leningrad in 1924-5 by doing just that.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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