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
The piece for one cembalo between the 2nd and 3rd Sonatas is, as we have remarked, of lighter character, and was possibly considered a suite.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
The essential distinction between the cembalo and the spinet was in the manner of tone production.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
My view of Cristofori's invention allows me to think that the Estense "piano e forte" may have been a hammer cembalo, a very imperfect one, of course.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
This return to the opening theme is to be found already in the sonatinas for violin and cembalo by G.P.
From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)
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