harpsichordist
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- noun
- /ˈhɑːrp.sɪ.kɔːr.dɪst/
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clavicinista
- As a talented harpsichordist, she often collaborates with orchestras for historical music performances.
- famous harpsichordist
Examples
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She has lived in Barcelona since September 11 (La Diada, the Catalan national day, celebrating a glorious defeat in 1714), 1983, and is a semiprofessional harpsichordist.
Fiction book (2002) -
He said one of my ancestors had been a harpsichordist.
Fiction book (1997) -
My husband, who was a lover of early music and had built his own harpsichord many years before, had been urged by his musical friends to look up a famous American harpsichordist who lived in Florence.
Academic text (2002) -
The harpsichordist shrugged, smiled condescendingly, turned his back, and disappeared down the stairs.
Academic text (2002) -
The harpsichordist had told my husband we could either take a cab from the Duomo for about 20,000 lire or take the bus at San Marco to Porta Romana.
Academic text (2002) -
The renowned harpsichordist performed a beautiful concerto at the concert hall last night.
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During the festival, the audience enjoyed a captivating solo by a famous harpsichordist known for her baroque interpretations.
Surface Forms
Morphology
harpsichordist = harpsichord (transparent) = harpsichord + ist
Agentive suffix '-ist' added to the instrument name 'harpsichord' yields a person who plays it; the relation is straightforward.
Etymology
The word harpsichordist comes from harpsichord, the old keyboard instrument whose name mixes harp (a string instrument) and a word meaning 'string' or 'chord', and the ending -ist, like in pianist, means 'a person who plays'. So a harpsichordist is 'a person who plays the harpsichord'.