Definition of Tenorist

1. Noun. A musician who plays the tenor saxophone.

Exact synonyms: Tenor Saxophonist
Generic synonyms: Saxist, Saxophonist

Definition of Tenorist

1. Noun. A musician who plays a tenor saxophone ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tenorist

1. one who sings tenor or plays a tenor instrument [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenorist

tenontosaur
tenontosaurs
tenontothecitis
tenophony
tenophyte
tenoplastic
tenoplasty
tenor
tenor clef
tenor clefs
tenor drum
tenor saxophonist
tenor voice
tenoreceptor
tenorial
tenorist (current term)
tenorists
tenorite
tenorites
tenoroon
tenoroons
tenorrhaphy
tenors
tenositis
tenostosis
tenosuspension
tenosuture
tenosynovectomy
tenosynovitides
tenosynovitis

Literary usage of Tenorist

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

1. The Musical World (1871)
"... tenorist, Beethoven, makes out his " little son" as six years old in March, 1778. Were this correct, the celebrated Ludwig would not hare first seen the ..."

2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"At the present time only .1 manuscript copy of it is known, made in Torgau. in 1562, by one Moritz Bauerbach of Pirna. tenorist in the Dresden capelle ..."

3. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"... salary is stated to be 666 thalers 52 alb., "tenorist Beethoven's" 200 th., "Beethoven jun." 100 th. ..."

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