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Definition of Bassists
1. bassist [n] - See also: bassist
Literary usage of Bassists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beethoven's Letters: A Critical Edition : with Explanatory Notes by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfred Christlieb Kalischer, John South Shedlock (1909)
"You are quite right when it is composed by mere , thorough-bassists ; but only
arrange for a performance of J the Mass at Leipzig, and see whether you will ..."
2. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1893)
"... iii. iii. not one escaped. In the following scene we see Antonio in custody.
The Jessica These are minor points such as may be met with in any bassists ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1903)
"... used his instrument as a blowpipe, directing putty pellets at the sedate
contra- bassists. The high priest of American music dismounted stiffly from his ..."
4. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"'There is no demand for church music,' you say, and you are right, if the music
comes from mere thorough-bassists, but if you will only have the mass ..."
5. Music (1900)
"At the back of the platform were ranged a dozen or more double-bassists grasping
their ponderous fiddles with an air at once apprehensive and ..."
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