Meanings
plural harpsichordists
- One who plays the harpsichord.
Some harpsichordists might have dismissed these works as not “authentic” Handel, Mr. Cooper said, though he surmised that the arrangements could have been prepared by Handel’s students.
2021 March 19, Anthony Tommasini, “Kenneth Cooper, Harpsichordist With Improviser’s Gift, Dies at 79”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Mar 20211 more example
And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
Origin
Translations
Catalan clavecinista
- clavecinistaone who plays the harpsichord
Chinese Mandarin 大鍵琴演奏家 /大键琴演奏家
- 大鍵琴演奏家 /大键琴演奏家 (dàjiànqín yǎnzòujiā)one who plays the harpsichord
Czech cembalista
- cembalistaone who plays the harpsichord
Danish cembalist
- cembalistone who plays the harpsichord
Dutch klavecimbelspeler
- klavecimbelspelerone who plays the harpsichord
Esperanto klavicenisto
- klavicenistoone who plays the harpsichord
Estonian klavessinist
- klavessinistone who plays the harpsichord
Finnish cembalisti
- cembalistione who plays the harpsichord
French claveciniste
- clavecinisteone who plays the harpsichord
German Cembalist, Cembalistin
- Cembalistone who plays the harpsichord
- Cembalistinone who plays the harpsichord
Greek αρπιχορδιστής
- αρπιχορδιστής (arpichordistís)one who plays the harpsichord
Icelandic semballeikari
- semballeikarione who plays the harpsichord
Irish cruitchláraí
- cruitchláraíone who plays the harpsichord
Italian clavicembalista
- clavicembalistaone who plays the harpsichord
Japanese チェンバロ奏者
- チェンバロ奏者 (chenbaro-sōsha)one who plays the harpsichord
Lithuanian klavesinininkas, klavesinininkė
- klavesinininkasone who plays the harpsichord
- klavesinininkėone who plays the harpsichord
Polish klawesynista, klawesynistka
- klawesynistaone who plays the harpsichord
- klawesynistkaone who plays the harpsichord
Portuguese cravista
- cravistaone who plays the harpsichord
Romanian clavecinist, clavecinistă
- clavecinistone who plays the harpsichord
- clavecinistăone who plays the harpsichord
Russian клавесини́ст, клавесини́стка
- клавесини́ст (klavesiníst)one who plays the harpsichord
- клавесини́стка (klavesinístka)one who plays the harpsichord
Slovak čembalista
- čembalistaone who plays the harpsichord
Spanish clavecinista, clavicembalista
- clavecinistaone who plays the harpsichord
- clavicembalistaone who plays the harpsichord
Swedish cembalist
- cembalistone who plays the harpsichord
Ukrainian клавесиніст, клавесиністка
- клавесиніст (klavesynist)one who plays the harpsichord
- клавесиністка (klavesynistka)one who plays the harpsichord
Welsh harpsicordydd
- harpsicordyddone who plays the harpsichord
Cite this entry
harpsichordist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpsichordist
“harpsichordist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpsichordist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harpsichordist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpsichordist.
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