cembalo
Americannoun
plural
cembali, cembalosnoun
Other Word Forms
- cembalist noun
Etymology
Origin of cembalo
1795–1805; < Italian ( clavi ) cembalo < Latin cymbalum cymbal
Example Sentences
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Rossini, at the cembalo, stood up and applauded vigorously at the end of the act.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the cembalo there was a wooden jack resting upon the end of the keys, and upon this jack a little plectrum made of raven's quill, which had to be frequently renewed.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
The part for each cembalo is written on a separate stave, the one below the other.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
Each singer made his own, which the maestro al cembalo accompanied with a few simple chords.
From Style in Singing by Haslam, W. E.
The first, probably an Allegro moderato, opens with a bold characteristic phrase, which is repeated in the second bar by the second cembalo; points of imitation, in fact, continue throughout the movement.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
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