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Definition of Tympanist
1. Noun. A person who plays the kettledrums.
Generic synonyms: Drummer
Derivative terms: Timpani, Tympani, Tympanum, Tympan, Tympani, Tympanum
Definition of Tympanist
1. n. One who beats a drum.
Definition of Tympanist
1. Noun. alternative spelling of timpanist ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tympanist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tympanist
Literary usage of Tympanist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Wind-band Transcription by Arthur A. Clappé (1921)
"To be able to tune well is the tympanist's most exacting task. Ths mechanical
efforts of the tympanist are somewhat akin to that of the snare drummer, ..."
2. Old English Instruments of Music: Their History and Character by Francis William Galpin (1911)
"... at the same time that the tympanist could perform in the three great Musical
Strains or Keys, of which some details are given in the first chapter, ..."
3. Melomaniacs by James Huneker (1902)
"Chopin would have been a great tympanist if he had not wasted his life foolishly
at the piano. ... Ah me! what a tympanist was lost to the world. ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1875)
"... tympanist is in great request—only we don't call him tympanist : he goes by
the more familiar name of ..."
5. The Musical Blue Book of America by Emma L. Trapper (1919)
"... JOSEPH, tympanist; teacher of tympani; for twenty years first tympanist Chicago
Symphony Orchestra; studio Orchestra Hall; ..."
6. The Derveni Krater: Masterpiece of Classical Greek Metalwork by Beryl Barr-Sharrar (2007)
"... The same treatment of clothing, uniting it closely to the forms of the body
with fabric caught between the legs, is found on the neo-Attic tympanist no. ..."
7. Music (1901)
"... young man who grew up at the side of the late efficient tympanist, who was a
master in this little understood department of orchestral rhythm. ..."
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