cellist

[ chel-ist ]

/ ˈtʃɛl ɪst /

a person who plays the cello.

Origin of cellist

First recorded in 1885–90; short for violoncellist

The Cellist of Sarajevo By Steven Galloway This 2008 novel is a beautiful book.

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Taking up again the chronological thread, after Cervetto the elder, the cellist Batistin, whose real name was Joh.

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From the latter place he was summoned, in 1877, to be first Cellist in the royal band at Stuttgard.

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The 'cellist, the woman, the Avenger, all vanished instantly.

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Leopold Grtzmacher educated his son, whose Christian name was Friedrich, as a cellist.

The Violoncello and Its History |Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
It vibrates in the sparkling tone of the new type of musical performer like Willeke, the 'cellist.

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