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Definition of Harpsichordists
1. harpsichordist [n] - See also: harpsichordist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harpsichordists
Literary usage of Harpsichordists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Famous Composers and Their Works by Philip Hale, Louis Charles Elson (1900)
"Pianists and harpsichordists: Dionys Weber (1766- 1842); JG Schicht (1753-1823);
CM von Weber (1786-1826); L. van Beethoven (1770- 1827); ..."
2. The Orchestra and Orchestral Music by William James Henderson (1899)
"How did these harpsichordists conduct ? Undoubtedly, sometimes with a nod of the
head, sometimes with a wave of the hand, and occasionally, perhaps, ..."
3. The Pianoforte and Its Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1911)
"... rather than harpsichordists. It may have been only an amiable affectation
which made the English composers of the sixteenth century name the virginal as ..."
4. The Orchestra and Orchestral Music by William James Henderson (1899)
"How did these harpsichordists conduct ? Undoubtedly, sometimes with a nod of the
head, sometimes with a wave of the hand, and occasionally, ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1865)
"The hammering and lifeless mode of playing, now-a-days sometime! esteemed must
be utterly avoided ; for the old pianists (harpsichordists) King upon their ..."
6. A Complete History of Music, for Schools, Clubs, and Private Readings by Winton James Baltzell (1905)
"... of Frederick the Great, at Berlin, Christoph Nichelmann (1717-62), a pupil of
Bach, and Carl Fasch (1736-1800) were successively second harpsichordists. ..."
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