Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Music One who plays an instrument.
- n. An advocate or a student of instrumentalism.
- adj. Of, relating to, or advocating instrumentalism.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In music, a performer upon an instrument: opposed to vocalist.
Wiktionary
- n. One who plays a musical instrument, as distinguished from a vocalist
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a
vocalist .
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Examples
“In the same way as Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie documented their era in the early 20th century with their songs, the instrumentalist is the torchbearer of a centuries-old tradition in the virtually unwritten Arabic music culture.”
“You would think that science and technology were the only things that are important," he said, adding that this government and its predecessor were "instrumentalist".”
The Guardian: David Willetts backs fees cap to stop Oxbridge subsidising the rest
“Williams — from the 'instrumentalist' Aristotelian who reduces ethics to what Grice would have called entirely 'natural meanings' (p. 180 n. 2).”
“These are "instrumentalist" theories, which claim that ideas arise from elite manipulation of the public: elites propagate certain ideas they believe will advance their interests, even if this produces an unintended negative outcome.”
The Huffington Post: Peter Henne: The Social Construction of Controversy
“He calls this an "instrumentalist" view, which "replaces the notion of Truth with the notion of viability.”
“Secondly, a more "instrumentalist" consideration: It is highly likely that any open expression of sympathy by our president for the pro-Musavi side would backfire.”
“He's swinging to a hard- driving beat here, big-band-era style, and showing that he is a major jazz vocalist-instrumentalist to compete with his namesakes, Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan.”
“Most single voiced instrumentalist are pretty good sight readers, it is the pianist that usually has the problem.”
“MoondogAvant street-sound composer and multi-instrumentalist Moondog a.k.a.”
The Huffington Post: Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 159
“The multi-instrumentalist guitar, bass, piano, drums and vocalist has issued nearly a dozen releases to date.”
The Huffington Post: Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 159
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