Lexicographical Neighbors of Cembalist
Literary usage of Cembalist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beethoven by H. A. Rudall (1903)
"When presiding at the piano during rehearsals, the cembalist was expected to play
all .accompaniments from score; and, seeing that the performances given ..."
2. Early Concert-life in America (1731-1800) by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1907)
"Finally, to gain an idea of just how the conducting was done by the cembalist,
we need but watch the pianist in the modern vaudeville-orchestras ..."
3. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"Beethoven, now 12 years old, became also "cembalist in the orchestra. ...
The position of cembalist was one of equal honor and responsibility. ..."
4. Music Lovers' Cyclopedia: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary by Rupert Hughes (1912)
"(2) K. Fr. Chr., Zerbst, 1736 — Berlin, 1800 ; cembalist ; son of above ; conductor.
... where he became cembalist ; returned to Italy in 1803 and prod, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"... to Berlin in 1790 as 'cembalist' to the Queen, with the title of Capellmeister.
This post he retained under Queen Louise, wife of Frederic William III, ..."
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