单词 | pianist |
释义 | pianistn. 1. A person who plays the piano, esp. professionally. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > piano-player pianoforte player1798 piano-player1808 pianist1820 pianofortist1841 piano man?1858 tickler1962 1820 Times 5 Jan. 1 An accomplished Theorist, emphatic Pianist, and elegantly chaste Articulative Vocalist. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 12 June in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) I. xx. 325 Hear that Schlesinger, the great pianist in New York, is dead. 1841 H. W. Longfellow Let. 18 Dec. in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) I. xxii. 392 A delightful musician here,—a Miss Sloman,—a pianiste of great talent. 1887 Academy 7 May 333/3 The pianist..proving himself a good executant and a sound musician. 1905 A. Bennett Sacred & Profane Love i. ii. 23 A generation of pianists who had lifted technique to a plane of which neither Liszt nor Rubenstein dreamed. 1959 R. Lardner Best Short Stories V. 77 It was her hope that one of the children would be a pianiste and a great deal of money was spent on piano lessons. 1987 W. McPherson Sargasso Sea (1988) v. 329 The pianist was taking a break, the only music now the chirping of the tree frogs. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 3 Aug. 11 He dreamed of becoming a virtuoso concert pianist and he still nurtures an ambition of presenting the Proms. 2. Services' slang. A radio operator. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > radio operator radio operator1912 spark1914 op1921 wop1939 pianist1955 1955 J. Thomas No Banners xxi. 207 When..the ‘pianist’ (wireless operator) arrived.., he would be able to hook up his transmitter and go into action without delay. 1977 J. Tarrant Rommel Plot viii. 78 ‘Still, it wasn't a bad effort for a pianist.’ ‘Pianist?’ ‘Wireless Operator.’ Compounds C1. Appositive. pianist-arranger n. ΚΠ 1950 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 9 Mar. 7 The Men of Song will appear first in the local concert series... They are Roger White, baritone; Charles Touchetto, pianist-arranger; Alfred Kunz and John Campbell, tenors, [etc.]. 1985 Times 29 Jan. 12 He [sc. Kenny Clarke] collaborated with the pianist-arranger Francy Boland. 2004 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 20 July 2 A traditional jazz trio—pianist-arranger Vince di Mura, bassist Joe Grady and drummer Dave Rudolph—backs the singers with swinging agility. pianist-composer n. ΚΠ 1920 Manitoba Free Press 3 Jan. (heading) Pianist-composer who will appear at the Winnipeg male voice choir concerts. 1996 Observer 31 Mar. (Review section) 12/5 Andreas Staier turns to three later works by this adventurous pianist-composer. pianist-conductor n. ΚΠ 1925 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 6 Dec. 23 Frank St. Leger, pianist-conductor. 2004 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 27 July e3 Founded in Moscow in 1990 by pianist-conductor Mikhail Pletnev, the orchestra has taken on a more international outlook since its last Bay Area visit. pianist-leader n. ΚΠ 1948 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 15 Apr. Everyone knows that Frankie Carle is the nation's most popular pianist-leader. 2004 Toronto Star 12 Feb. k13 The pianist-leader, already a major force in these parts, composed the eight tunes culled from the club session. C2. pianist's cramp n. (also pianists' cramp) a form of occupational cramp affecting the hands and arms of pianists. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > occupational > specific telegraphist's cramp1875 telegrapher's cramp1877 weavers' cramp1881 telegrapher's palsy1882 pianist's cramp1887 charley horse1888 piano-failure1897 watchmaker's cramp1899 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Feb. 441/2 We might speak of this condition..as ‘pianists' cramp’. 1992 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Feb. 27 There is writer's or pianist's cramp, which ought to be treated neurologically, but is often treated with physiotherapy or psychoanalysis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820 |
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