单词 | first desk |
释义 | > as lemmasfirst desk first desk n. (in an orchestra) the position occupied by the principal player, or occasionally players, of a particular instrument, typically seated at the front of the section; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1852 Musical World 19 June 396/2 On Wednesday last Vieuxtemps took the first desk, and performed two Quartetts..with such masterly perfection, that the enthusiasm of the audience became boisterous. 1863 E. Wallace tr. F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Lett. 1833–47 148 Haydn's ‘Farewell Symphony’, in which..the musicians..went away in succession till the violinists at the first desk alone remained. 1909 New Music Rev. Dec. 12/2 The playing of certain passages..by the first desk players of each department of the strings only. 1972 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 30/1 Here Mr. Watts..was joined by two first-desk men of the orchestra—Bernard Goldberg, flute, and Fritz Siegal, violin. 1998 Strad June 577/3 In the 1980s she experimented with a return to performance on first desk of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 2006 GeoJournal 65 42/1 The orchestra's other principals comprise the first-desk players of the second violins, violas, cellos, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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