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Definition of cembalo in English: cembalonounPlural cembalos ˈtʃɛmbələʊˈtʃɛmbəˌloʊ another term for harpsichord Example sentencesExamples - The instrumental ensemble he has assembled - the scores that have come down to us do not indicate instrumentation - consists of three violins, two violas, two cellos, two cembalos, two lutes, harp, two flutes, dulzian, and two cornets.
- The right cembalo in the right hands provides a cleansing of the musical palate, enjoyable to the point of tears.
- In the midst of the orchestra, the cembalo has been placed.
Derivativesnoun The first period, he was an employee in the bank Den Norske Creditbank in Oslo as well as performing as a cembalist and composer. Example sentencesExamples - At the age of six he studied music with his father, a cembalist, and three years later he turned to composition.
- At present, he is the solo cembalist of Telemann Institute Japan and director of Collegium Musicum Telemann.
- He plays both cello and gamba and has appeared as soloist with pianist Bart van Oort, violinists Andrew Manze and John Holloway and cembalists Richard Egarr and Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
- Under the artistic guidance of organist and cembalist Sebastian Knebel, the Dresdner Instrumental Concert is a group of musicians performing on historic instruments in period style.
OriginMid 19th century: from Italian, shortening of clavicembalo, from medieval Latin clavicymbalum, from Latin clavis 'key' + cymbalum 'cymbal'. Definition of cembalo in US English: cembalonounˈCHembəˌlōˈtʃɛmbəˌloʊ another term for harpsichord Example sentencesExamples - The right cembalo in the right hands provides a cleansing of the musical palate, enjoyable to the point of tears.
- In the midst of the orchestra, the cembalo has been placed.
- The instrumental ensemble he has assembled - the scores that have come down to us do not indicate instrumentation - consists of three violins, two violas, two cellos, two cembalos, two lutes, harp, two flutes, dulzian, and two cornets.
OriginMid 19th century: from Italian, shortening of clavicembalo, from medieval Latin clavicymbalum, from Latin clavis ‘key’ + cymbalum ‘cymbal’. |