cembalist

See also: Cembalist

English

Noun

cembalist (plural cembalists)

1. (historical) An orchestral keyboard player; one who plays piano or harpsichord for an orchestra or ensemble.
   • 1895, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's Magazine - Volume 17, page 384:

     Ensemble performances were led by the organist or cembalist ; he sat at his instrument, played the “accompaniment,” and directed the performance—now by movements of his head, now perhaps by beating time with one hand.

   • 1948, Pierre Van Rensselaer Key, Alfred Human, Musical Digest - Volume 30, page 18:

     While the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart could conceivably be played fairly acceptably under the dual leadership of concertmaster and cembalist, the symphonies of Beethoven could not.

   • 2013, Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann, The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven: - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 72:

     The position of cembalist was one of equal honor and responsibility.

   • 2017, David Schulenberg, C.P.E. Bach, →ISBN, page 30:

     For instance, we read that Emanuel was “hired as first cembalist at a salary of three hundred thalers” and that he was: somewhat relieved when Christoph Nichelmann ... was appointed second cembalist in 1744, although this appointment was an occasion for Emanuel's embarrassment: Nichelmann was given a salary twice the size of his.

Anagrams

• blastemic

Danish

Noun

cembalist c (singular definite cembalisten, plural indefinite cembalister)

1. harpsichordist

Declension

Declension of cembalist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cembalist	cembalisten	cembalister	cembalisterne
genitive	cembalists	cembalistens	cembalisters	cembalisternes

References

• “cembalist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Noun

cembalist c

1. harpsichordist

Declension

Declension of cembalist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	cembalist	cembalists
	definite	cembalisten	cembalistens
plural	indefinite	cembalister	cembalisters
	definite	cembalisterna	cembalisternas

References

• cembalist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• cembalist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)