Definition of Clavierist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clavierist

clavichords
clavicle
clavicle strap
clavicles
clavicorn
clavicula
clavicular
clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery
clavicular facet
clavicular notch of sternum
clavicular part of pectoralis major muscle
clavicular percussion
claviculus
clavie
clavier
clavierist (current term)
clavieristic
clavierists
claviers
clavies
claviform
claviger
clavigerous
clavigers
clavinet
clavinets
clavipectoral fascia
clavis
clavula
clavulae

Literary usage of Clavierist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players by Oskar Bie, Ernest Edward Kellett, Edward Woodall Naylor (1899)
"... discovered in Shakespeare, so the pieces of the great clavierist Couperin, whether they have descriptions of humours or personal names for titles, ..."

2. Lights of Two Centuries by Edward Everett Hale (1887)
"... to be no clavierist, he was persuaded to take the place, and proved himself such a man as no one but myself had ever suspected. ..."

3. Lights of Two Centuries: Illustrated with Fifty Portraits by Edward Everett Hale (1887)
"But on an occasion when there happened to be no clavierist, he was persuaded to take the place, and proved himself such a man as no one but myself had ever ..."

4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"... the court clavierist, having declined to accompany Franz Benda, Fasch offered to supply his place at the harpsichord, ..."

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