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Definition of Harpists
1. harpist [n] - See also: harpist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harpists
Literary usage of Harpists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"harpists and players on the guitar have callosities of the fingers. Pianists have
a tendency to exaggerated development of the hands—witness Weber, ..."
2. Two years in Peru, with exploration of its antiquities by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1873)
"Drunken fiddlers and harpists.— Screaming women.—Spangled ponchos.—Sublimely
hideous. ... harpists ..."
3. A Testimony of Jesus Christ by Anthony/Charles Garland (2007)
"Does John hear a different sound from the preceding voice—the sound oí harpists
playing? Or is he merely describing further attributes of the voice—that the ..."
4. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1907)
"harpists, as we have seen, were occasionally employed, and as many as four ...
But in the Birds it is clear that the flute-player and the four harpists were ..."
5. The Musical World (1888)
"Often taking part in orchestral performances, he was struck with the difficulty
of finding good harpists, and the unsatisfactory quality of the ..."
6. Modern study of the harp = Létude moderne de la harp by Carlos Salzedo (1921)
"THE HARPIST'S DAILY DOZEN by CARLOS SALZEDO "The Harpist's Daily Dozen" can be
used by all harpists with the exception of beginners. ..."