cembalist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An orchestral keyboard player; one who plays piano or harpsichord for an orchestra or ensemble.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "The position of cembalist was one of equal honor and responsibility."
- "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."