Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A performer on the contrabass or double-bass.
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- noun Someone who plays the
contrabass .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the head of this extraordinary company was the great contrabassist Bottesini, assisted by Arditi.
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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Lipinsky and myself as to his own numerous grievances, he actually accused me of having threatened, by my remarks in the contrabassist case, to undermine the well-established rights of the members of the orchestra, whose welfare it was my duty to protect.
My Life — Volume 1 Richard Wagner 1848
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Lipinsky urged me to arrange that the post should not be filled in the usual way by promotion from the ranks of our own orchestra, but should be given, on his recommendation, to a distinguished and skilful contrabassist from Darmstadt named
My Life — Volume 1 Richard Wagner 1848
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Like a lead vocalist, he reads excerpts from his book with a storyteller's cadence, accompanied by stirring strains from contrabassist Pepe Gonzalez of Tres Raices.
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Like a lead vocalist, he reads excerpts from his book with a storyteller's cadence, accompanied by stirring strains from contrabassist Pepe Gonzalez of Tres Raices.
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Like a lead vocalist, he reads excerpts from his book with a storyteller's cadence, accompanied by stirring strains from contrabassist Pepe Gonzalez of Tres Raices.
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Like a lead vocalist, he reads excerpts from his book with a storyteller's cadence, accompanied by stirring strains from contrabassist Pepe Gonzalez of Tres Raices.
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Like a lead vocalist, he reads excerpts from his book with a storyteller's cadence, accompanied by stirring strains from contrabassist Pepe Gonzalez of Tres Raices.
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Like a lead vocalist, he reads excerpts from his book with a storyteller's cadence, accompanied by stirring strains from contrabassist Pepe Gonzalez of Tres Raices.
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Like a lead vocalist, he reads excerpts from his book with a storyteller's cadence, accompanied by stirring strains from contrabassist Pepe Gonzalez of Tres Raices.
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