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- noun Plural form of
harpsichordist .
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Examples
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Historically, harpsichordists rarely owned such ornately decorated instruments.
Amadeus Beaux-Arts Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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Tourists and historians came through; so did harpsichordists, troupes of actors, film and TV crews, and even antique-car enthusiasts who rallied on the grounds.
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Jane Chapman is one of Britain's most distinguished classical harpsichordists, with a repertoire that stretches from early music to contemporary avant-garde.
Jane Chapman Rocks the Harpsichord Andi Spicer 2009
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Having been taught to regard the composer's keyboard works as the province of harpsichordists, Mr. Perahia was loath to perform them publicly.
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On one side of the church there still remains the house of the famous harpsichordists, organist and composers and a plaque commemorating their address.
St-Gervais Church of Paris de Brantigny........................ 2008
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On one side of the church there still remains the house of the famous harpsichordists, organist and composers and a plaque commemorating their address.
Archive 2008-05-04 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Pierre Hantaï's thrilling Mirare CDs of Bach's "Goldberg Variations," saucy Scarlatti sonatas, and graceful pavanes by British composer John Bull establish him as one of today's most exciting and individual harpsichordists, as creative in his own realm as his father was in art.
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But harpsichordists tend to mine it only a piece or two at a time.
NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2011
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Mr. Leonhardt's studio - where he insisted on never having more than five students at a time - produced several important harpsichordists and early-music conductors, among them Mr. Hogwood, Ton Koopman, Bob van Asperen, Alan Curtis, Pierre Hantaï and Skip Sempé.
NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2012
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Mr. Leonhardt's studio - where he insisted on never having more than five students at a time - produced several important harpsichordists and early-music conductors, among them Mr. Hogwood, Ton Koopman, Bob van Asperen, Alan Curtis, Pierre Hantaï and Skip Sempé.
NYT > Home Page By ALLAN KOZINN 2012
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