harpsichordist

English

Etymology

From harpsichord +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

harpsichordist (plural harpsichordists)

1. One who plays the harpsichord.
   • 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.

   • 2021 March 19, Anthony Tommasini, “Kenneth Cooper, Harpsichordist With Improviser’s Gift, Dies at 79”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Some harpsichordists might have dismissed these works as not “authentic” Handel, Mr. Cooper said, though he surmised that the arrangements could have been prepared by Handel’s students.

Translations

one who plays the harpsichord

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կլավեսինահար (klavesinahar)
• Catalan: clavecinista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大鍵琴演奏家 / 大键琴演奏家 (dàjiànqín yǎnzòujiā)

• Czech: cembalista m
• Danish: cembalist c
• Dutch: klavecimbelspeler m
• Esperanto: klavicenisto
• Estonian: klavessinist
• Faroese: kembalospælari m
• Finnish: cembalisti
• French: claveciniste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Cembalist (de) m, Cembalistin (de) f
• Greek: αρπιχορδιστής m (arpichordistís)
• Icelandic: semballeikari m
• Irish: cruitchláraí m
• Italian: clavicembalista (it) m or f
• Japanese: チェンバロ奏者 (chenbaro-sōsha)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: klavesinininkas m, klavesinininkė f
• Luxembourgish: Cembalist m
• Macedonian: чембали́ст m (čembalíst), чембали́стка f (čembalístka)
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: clavecinista m or f
• Polish: klawesynista (pl) m, klawesynistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cravista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: clavecinist (ro) m, clavecinistă (ro) f
• Russian: клавесини́ст (ru) m (klavesiníst), клавесини́стка f (klavesinístka)
• Slovak: čembalista m
• Spanish: clavecinista m or f, clavicembalista m or f
• Swedish: cembalist (sv) c
• Ukrainian: клавесиніст m (klavesynist), клавесиністка f (klavesynistka)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: harpsicordydd m
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can