violoncello
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violoncellos
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Origin of violoncello
1715–25; < Italian, equivalent to violon ( e ) violone + -cello diminutive suffix
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Jacobsen's three comrades—Marie Roemaet-Rosanoff, violoncello; Paul Bernard, second violin; Louis Kaufman, viola—are of U. S. birth.
From Time Magazine Archive
And then there's the all-female violoncello quartet known collectively as Cello.
From Time Magazine Archive
It does not have the alternate darkness and brightness of the violin or the alternate bass strength and majesty and tenor fervor of the violoncello, but preserves a characteristic romantic melancholy throughout.
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It is a member of the viol family, lying midway between the violin and the violoncello.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twelve Variations for piano and violoncello, in G major; Theme: "See, the Conquering Hero comes!" pub.
From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Elliott Graeme
He made over 1,000 violins, violas and violoncellos, and was commissioned by King James II and King Charles III of Spain, before his death in 1737.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2021
Strings: 18 first violins 16 second violins 14 violas 12 violoncellos 10 double basses 2.
From Essentials in Conducting by Karl Wilson Gehrkens
He also made violoncellos, and was so fortunate as to sell one of his making for three guineas, which is still reckoned a good instrument.
From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Samuel Smiles
Hence he loved to depict a garish and heterogeneous whirl of saints and sinners, pan-pipes, periwigs, cherubim, silk stockings, angels, small-swords, the naked and the clothed, goddesses, violoncellos, stars, and garters.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
His violins are light, and sonorous; his violoncellos provoke the virtuoso and enchant the ear almost as much as the eye.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
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