musician

Inherited from Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to music + -ian.

Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar.

He joined Little Jewford and other musicians — all with outlandish stage names, like Wichita Culpepper and Sky Cap Adams — to form Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys in 1973.

2024 June 27, Clay Risen, “Kinky Friedman, 79, Dies; Musician and Humorist Slew Sacred Cows”, in The New York Times:

Mr. Smith, a flesh-and-blood musician, produced A.I.-generated music and played it billions of times using bots he had programmed, according to the indictment.

2024 May 9, Maia Coleman, “The Bands and the Fans Were Fake. The $10 Million Was Real.”, in The New York Times:

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

эʼйӈэнэӈэткульын

ėʼjṇėnėṇėtkulʹyn


MC

en-noun

MC (countable and uncountable, plural MCs or MC's)

Alternative form: M.C.

master of ceremonies
master of ceremonies#English

Three MC's and one DJ / We be getting down with no delay

1999, “Three MC’s and One DJ”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys:


MC

en-verb

MC (third-person singular simple present MCs, present participle MCing, simple past and past participle MCed)

MCs (present singular third-person)
MCing (participle present)
MCed (participle past)
MCed (past)

master of ceremonies
master of ceremonies

To emcee, to act as a master of ceremonies.


conductor

Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.

(music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.


whistler

From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er.

inh

Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.

Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.

A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).


violin

→ Japanese: バイオリン (baiorin)

→ Korean: 바이올린 (baiollin)

From Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino (forming diminutives).

The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.

(music, metonymically) The position of a violinist in an orchestra or group.


bass

A respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).

SATB

Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.

The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.

(music) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.


band

Cantonese: band

→ German: Band (colloquial)

→ Japanese: バンド (bando)

→ Korean: 밴드 (baendeu)

Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).

der

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.


band

band (nominative singular)
bandy (nominative plural)
bandu (genitive singular)
bandów (genitive plural)
bandowi (dative singular)
bandom (dative plural)
band (accusative singular)
bandy (accusative plural)
bandem (instrumental singular)
bandami (instrumental plural)
bandzie (locative singular)
bandach (locative plural)
bandzie (singular vocative)
bandy (plural vocative)

(music) pop or jazz band playing mostly wind instruments


instrumentalist

One who plays a musical instrument, as distinguished from a vocalist.


group

→ Gulf Arabic: قروب (grūp)

→ Japanese: グループ (gurūpu)

→ Korean: 그룹 (geurup)

→ Tongan: kulupu

From French groupe (“cluster, group”), from Italian gruppo, groppo (“a knot, heap, group, bag (of money)”), from Vulgar Latin *cruppo, Renaissance Latin grupus, from Frankish *krupp, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“lump, round mass, body, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to crumple, bend, crawl”). In the sense of group theory coined (in French, as groupe) by Évariste Galois.
Cognate with German Kropf (“crop, craw, bunch”); Old English cropp, croppa (“cluster, bunch, sprout, flower, berry, ear of corn, crop”) (whence English crop); Dutch krop (“craw”), Icelandic kroppr (“hump, bunch”). Doublet of crop and croup.

(music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.


紫

紫 (canonical)
紫 (canonical)
murasaki (romanization)

From Old Japanese.
Possibly a compound of 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”).

茜さす

akane sasu, pillow word that can be an allusion to murasaki

Short for 紫色 (murasaki-iro): the color purple


紫

(colloquial) Short for 紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu): Heian-period novelist and lady-in-waiting


紫

From 縁 (yukari, “affinity, connection”).


duo

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.

Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together.


duo

Borrowed from Italian duo, from Latin duo, from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of dwa (“two”).

(music) duo (piece of music written for two musicians)


accompanist

First attested in 1833. From accompany + -ist.

(music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

akkompagnatør

performer who takes the accompanying part


trumpeter

From trumpet + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).


interpreter

/ɪnˈtɝpɹɪɾɚ/

/ɪnˈtɝpɹɪtɚ/

/ɪnˈtɜːpɹɪtə/

From Middle English interpreter, interpretour, etc., from Old French interpreteur, interpreteeur, etc., from Late Latin interpretātōr, from classical Latin interpretātus (“explained, translated”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from interpretārī (“to explain, to translate”), from interpres (“go-between, translator”) + -ārī (“to be ~ed”), q.v. In reference to divine emissaries, a calque of Mercury's Latin epithet interpres divum (“go-between of the gods”). In reference to the rhetorical device, a calque of Latin interpretatio. Equivalent to interpret + -er.
Displaced native Old English wealhstod.

der

A person or thing that interprets the meaning of something for another, particularly:

(obsolete) Synonym of translator, one who translates various forms of texts.

linguister

colonial contexts, particularly West & Central Africa


songster

From Middle English songster, sangester, sangstere, from Old English sangestre (“a female singer; songstress”), equivalent to song + -ster. Cognate with Scots sangstar (“singer; songster”). Compare also West Frisian sjongster (“singer; female singer; vocalist”).

cog

A man who sings songs, especially as a profession; a male singer.


songstress

From songster + -ess. Compare West Frisian sjongeres (“songstress”), Dutch zangeres (“songstress”).


vocalist

→ Japanese: ボーカリスト (bōkarisuto)

lead vocalist

amateur vocalist

talented vocalist


violon

→ English: violon

→ Persian: ویولن (viyolon)

desc

→ Lao: ວີໂອລົງ (wī ʼō long)

→ Lao: ວີໂອລົງ (wī ʼō long)

From viole + -on (diminutive suffix). Compare Italian violino.

Sur le toit de la maison, nous jouons du violon.
Sur le toit de la maison, nous jouons du violon.
Son violon fait zig zig.
Ton violon fait zig zig.
Mon violon, mon violon, mon violon fait zig zig zig.
Son violon fait zig zig.
Ton violon fait zig zig.
Mon violon, mon violon, mon violon fait zig zig zig zig zig.

1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:

On the roof of this house, we play the violin.
On the roof of this house, we play the violin.
Their violin goes zig zig.
Your violin goes zig zig.
My violin, my violin, my violin goes zig zig zig.
Their violin goes zig zig.
Your violin goes zig zig.
My violin, my violin, my violin goes zig zig zig zig zig.

Je suis seul, je suis triste.
Tout est noir.
Ici, je n’ai pas d’amis.
Je n’ai pas de musique.
Je n’ai pas de chanson.
Il n’y a pas de violon.
Pas de tambour, pas d’accordéon.
Il n’y a pas de violon.
Pas de tambour, pas d’accordéon.

I am alone, I am sad.
Everything is black.
Here, I have no friends.
I have no music.
I have no songs.
There are no violins.
No drums, no accordions.
There are no violins.
No drums, no accordions.


violinist

[…] 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:

Founded in 1975 and led by the violinist Richard Tognetti since 1989, the orchestra looks youthful and hip onstage, its players clad in varying shades of black semiformality.

2009 May 5, Steve Smith, “A Group That Doesn’t Sit, Adding Bounce to Haydn”, in The New York Times:


violinist

head

violinist c (singular definite violinisten, plural indefinite violinister)

violinisten (definite singular)
violinister (indefinite plural)
violinist (indefinite nominative singular)
violinisten (definite nominative singular)
violinister (indefinite nominative plural)
violinisterne (definite nominative plural)
violinists (genitive indefinite singular)
violinistens (definite genitive singular)
violinisters (genitive indefinite plural)
violinisternes (definite genitive plural)


violinist

violinist (indefinite nominative singular)
violinists (genitive indefinite singular)
violinisten (definite nominative singular)
violinistens (definite genitive singular)
violinister (indefinite nominative plural)
violinisters (genitive indefinite plural)
violinisterna (definite nominative plural)
violinisternas (definite genitive plural)


pianist

From French pianiste, from Italian pianista. Analyzable as piano + -ist.

By the time she became the world's greatest pianist, she had already practised for thousands of hours on her prized piano.

Table IV shows that the pianists were significantly better on both motor and perceptual timing than the nonpianists.

1987, Gordon H Bower, The psychology of learning and motivation: advances in research and theory:

The pianist was Jason Moran, another Houstonian, for whom the past converges with the present: he sometimes likes to find an unobtrusive sequence inside an old standard and turn it into fresh headlines.

2010 April 19, Ben Ratliff, “A Mischievous Convergence of Past and Present Jazz”, in The New York Times:

(music) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.


pianist

nl-noun

pianist m (plural pianisten, diminutive pianistje n, feminine pianiste)

pianisten (plural)
pianistje (diminutive neuter)
pianiste (feminine)

From French pianiste, from Italian pianista. Equivalent to piano + -ist.


pianist

pianisten (definite singular)
pianister (indefinite plural)
pianistene (definite plural)


pianist

pianisten (definite singular)
pianistar (indefinite plural)
pianistane (definite plural)


pianist

ro-noun

pianist m (plural pianiști, feminine equivalent pianistă)

pianiști (plural)
equivalent pianistă (feminine)
pianist (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pianistul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pianiști (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pianiștii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pianist (indefinite singular)
pianistului (definite singular)
pianiști (indefinite singular)
pianiștilor (definite plural)
pianistule (singular vocative)
pianiștilor (vocative)

Borrowed from French pianiste. Equivalent to pian + -ist.


pianist

pianȋst (animate canonical masculine)
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pianíst (nominative singular)
pianísta (dual nominative)
pianísti (nominative plural)
pianísta (genitive singular)
pianístov (dual genitive)
pianístov (genitive plural)
pianístu (dative singular)
pianístoma (dative dual)
pianístom (dative plural)
pianísta (accusative singular)
pianísta (accusative dual)
pianíste (accusative plural)
pianístu (locative singular)
pianístih (dual locative)
pianístih (locative plural)
pianístom (instrumental singular)
pianístoma (dual instrumental)
pianísti (instrumental plural)


pianist

pianist (indefinite nominative singular)
pianists (genitive indefinite singular)
pianisten (definite nominative singular)
pianistens (definite genitive singular)
pianister (indefinite nominative plural)
pianisters (genitive indefinite plural)
pianisterna (definite nominative plural)
pianisternas (definite genitive plural)


guitarist

kitarist

person playing or performing on the guitar


saxophonist

They enjoyed music from a live saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake.

2021 December 29, “Network News: Music train for dementia sufferers”, in RAIL, number 947, page 19:

A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone.

սաքսոֆոնահար

person who plays or practices with the saxophone


trombonist

trombonist (indefinite nominative singular)
trombonists (genitive indefinite singular)
trombonisten (definite nominative singular)
trombonistens (definite genitive singular)
trombonister (indefinite nominative plural)
trombonisters (genitive indefinite plural)
trombonisterna (definite nominative plural)
trombonisternas (definite genitive plural)

a trombonist (performer of the trombone)


countertenor

From Latin contrātenor. By surface analysis, counter- + tenor.

The term countertenor first appeared in England during the mid 17th century. However, the style of singing originated in Elizabethan cathedral choirs, eventually falling out of favour during the Romantic period.

2014 August 8, Rupert Christiansen, “The truth about falsettos [print version: 12 August 2014, p. R8]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):

A male singing voice far higher than the typical male vocal range.


trio

PIE word
 *tréyes
1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.

I love his music, but it is a bit disconcerting to realize that you could die in extreme old age and still only be familiar with a mere handful of the baryton trios.

2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 281:

(music) A piece of music written for three musicians.

trio

a piece of music written for three musicians

Any cocktail made with a spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy ingredient.


trio

trio (nominative singular)
tria (nominative plural)
tria (genitive singular)
triów (genitive plural)
triu (dative singular)
triom (dative plural)
trio (accusative singular)
tria (accusative plural)
triem (instrumental singular)
triami (instrumental plural)
triu (locative singular)
triach (locative plural)
trio (singular vocative)
tria (plural vocative)

(music) trio (piece of music written for three musicians)


duda

duda (nominative singular)
dudowie (nominative plural)
dudy (genitive singular)
dudów (genitive plural)
dudzie (dative singular)
dudom (dative plural)
dudę (accusative singular)
dudów (accusative plural)
dudą (instrumental singular)
dudami (instrumental plural)
dudzie (locative singular)
dudach (locative plural)
dudo (singular vocative)
dudowie (plural vocative)


boy band

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-boy band.wav

(music) A pop group whose members are all (usually attractive) young men.

男子組合 /男子组合

pop group whose members are all young men


girl group

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-girl group.wav

Coordinate term: boy group

A pop group made up of (usually attractive) young women.


pop group

Despite their artistic ambitions, they were never able to escape the label of a pop group.

A musical group specializing in pop music.


tenor

tenor (nominative singular)
tenorzy (nominative plural)
tenory (derogatory nominative plural)
tenora (genitive singular)
tenorów (genitive plural)
tenorowi (dative singular)
tenorom (dative plural)
tenora (accusative singular)
tenorów (accusative plural)
tenorem (instrumental singular)
tenorami (instrumental plural)
tenorze (locative singular)
tenorach (locative plural)
tenorze (singular vocative)
tenorzy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Italian tenore, from Latin tenor.

tenor (male singer who performs in the tenor range)


alto

Borrowed from Italian alto (“high”). Doublet of old.

A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.


soprano

en-noun

soprano (plural sopranos or soprani or sopranoes)

sopranos (plural)
soprani (plural)
sopranoes (plural)

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, adjective from preposition Latin super (“above”). Doublet of sovereign, from the same Latin root via Old French.

boy soprano

soprano saxophone

I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.

2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN:

A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.


contralto

contralto (plural contraltos or contralti)

/kɒnˈtɹɑːltəʊ/

Contraction of contratenor alto, from Latin contratenor altus.

Out in the yard a womanʼs hoarse contralto intoned a hymn.

1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 68:

(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.


duet

duecik (diminutive)
duet (nominative singular)
duety (nominative plural)
duetu (genitive singular)
duetów (genitive plural)
duetowi (dative singular)
duetom (dative plural)
duet (accusative singular)
duety (accusative plural)
duetem (instrumental singular)
duetami (instrumental plural)
duecie (locative singular)
duetach (locative plural)
duecie (singular vocative)
duety (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Duett, from Italian duetto.

(music) duet (piece of music written for two musicians)


cantor

Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter.

The cantor's place in church is on the right of the choir.

singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony


cantor

la-noun

cantor m (genitive cantōris, feminine cantrīx); third declension

cantōris (genitive)
cantrīx (feminine)
cantor (nominative singular)
cantōrēs (nominative plural)
cantōris (genitive singular)
cantōrum (genitive plural)
cantōrī (dative singular)
cantōribus (dative plural)
cantōrem (accusative singular)
cantōrēs (accusative plural)
cantōre (ablative singular)
cantōribus (ablative plural)
cantor (singular vocative)
cantōrēs (plural vocative)

Asturian: cantor

Catalan: cantor

Champenois: chantou

English: cantor

Franc-Comtois: tchaintou

French: chantre, chanteur

Friulian: cjantôr

Galician: cantor

Italian: cantore

Norman: chanteux

Portuguese: cantor

Romanian: cantor

Sardinian: cantore, cantori

Spanish: cantor

Swedish: kantor

Venetan: cantor

Walloons: tchanteu

vel audire possum ultra vocem cantorum atque cantricum?

Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers?


cantor

cy-noun

cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)

cantorion (plural)
cantoriaid (plural)
cantores (feminine)
cantor
gantor (soft)
nghantor
chantor

From Middle Welsh kantor, from Latin cantor.


singer

→ Japanese: シンガー (shingā)

Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.

It's the singer, not the song.

A person who sings, often professionally.


quartet

From French quartette, from Italian quartetto. Doublet of cuarteto and quartetto.

The string quartet played some chamber music.

A group of four people or things, particularly

(music) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.

квартет

four musicians who perform a piece of music together

The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.

(music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.


emcee

Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”).

pronunciation spelling of

"I'm the emcee for tonight," he proclaimed. "I'll announce your program."

1943, "Franklin W. Dixon" (Charles Leslie McFarlane), Hardy Boys 22: The Flickering Torch Mystery

Master of ceremonies
master of ceremonies

Alternative form of MC in its senses as
Master of ceremonies.

[…] mutating into all-star line-ups of emcees spitting hot bars over familiar beats, then to a single crew spitting bars over familiar beats, then eventually to a single crew (or artist) spitting bars over unfamiliar beats.

2021, Jehnie I. Burns, Mixtape Nostalgia: Culture, Memory, and Representation (page 138)

Alternative form of MC in its senses as
(music) A rapper.

Alternative form of MC in its senses as
A rapper.


emcee

en-verb

emcee (third-person singular simple present emcees, present participle emceeing, simple past and past participle emceed)

emcees (present singular third-person)
emceeing (participle present)
emceed (participle past)
emceed (past)

Alan Lomax was emceeing the blues workshop and was turned off by the Paul Butterfield Jug Band and implied as much on stage.

1965 August, Mississippi Phil Ochs, “The Newport Fuzz Festival”, in The Realist, number 61, retrieved 2022-11-13, page 11:

(transitive, intransitive) To act as the master of ceremonies (for).


quartette

Another musical memory of the stationmaster was his Joint Railway Male Voice Quartette, comprising three local stationmasters and a booking clerk, whose items were very acceptable at social events. One thing that amused me was that the quartette included a Mr. Dove and a Mr. Crowe; and it was Mr. Dove, and not the latter, who took the bass parts.

1952 March, R. S. McNaught, “Joint Line Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 195:


quintette

Alternative spelling of quintet A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.


maestro

maestro (nominative singular)
maestrowie (nominative plural)
maestra (genitive singular)
maestrów (genitive plural)
maestrowi (dative singular)
maestrom (dative plural)
maestra (accusative singular)
maestrów (accusative plural)
maestrem (instrumental singular)
maestrami (instrumental plural)
maestrze (locative singular)
maestrach (locative plural)
maestro (singular vocative)
maestrowie (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Italian maestro. Doublet of magister, majster, metr, and mistrz.

dbt

maestro (unofficial title of distinguished musicians, especially conductors)


piper

From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.

A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.


chorus

en-noun

chorus (plural choruses or (dated) chorusses or (rare) chori)

choruses (plural)
chorusses (dated plural)
chori (plural rare)

The noun is borrowed from Medieval Latin chorus (“church choir”), Latin chorus (“group of dancers and singers; dance”), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “group of dancers and singers, choir, chorus; dance accompanied by song; round dance”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to encircle, enclose”) or *ǵʰoros. Doublet of choir, chore, and hora.
The plural form chori is from Latin chorī, from Ancient Greek χοροί (khoroí).
The verb is derived from the noun.

der

The performance of the chorus was awe-inspiring and exhilarating.

But the rise of multiracialism is not all Kumbaya choruses and “postracial” identity. The N.A.A.C.P. criticized the census change, fearing that since so few in the black community are of fully African descent, mass attrition to a mixed-race option could threaten political clout and Federal financing.

2008 March 23, Peggy Orenstein, “Mixed Messenger”, in The New York Times:

A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.

хор

group of singers performing together — see also choir

(often attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.


hype man

Hammer and the Posse, a group consisting of four dancers, two DJs and one hype man (“He’s the guy who pumps the crowd up,” Hammer explained), hope to win over rap fans.

1988 April 3, Lee Hildebrand, “M.C. Hammer Nails Down A Royal Reputation”, in San Francisco Chronicle, page 42:

Puff is up on stage with Biggie rappin’ almost as much as Biggie. He’s not just the hype man on stage goin’ Yea Yea, he’s rappin’ whole verses.

1995 August 30, Richard Payton, “Re: Suge Vs Puffy”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet):

Hype men, for those of you unfamiliar with the lingo, are the fellas you see at rap shows who stand next to MCs and bellow certain words along with the rap to add emphasis.

2004 May 26, Jordan Harper, “I Love a Parade: Radar Station hitches a ride with great big rappers”, in Riverfront Times, St. Louis, Mo.:

Mills appeared first, performing with a hype man (someone who exorts the crowd and sings along with key lines) and a disk jockey.

2004 August 9, The New Yorker, page 100:

A hip-hop performer responsible for backup rapping and singing and increasing an audience’s excitement with call-and-response chants.


bard

(15th c.) from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

cog

He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […]

1837, Richard Llwyd, The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, the Bard of Snowdon:

A WEAPON, THE WARRIOR CARRIES. A SAW, THE IDIOT CARRIES. AN INSTRUMENT, THE BARD CARRIES.

2023, Rundisc, Chants of Sennaar, Focus Entertainment, via Nintendo Switch, level/area: Gardens:

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

бард

professional poet and singer — see also minstrel


bard

bard (nominative singular)
bardi (nominative plural)
barda (genitive singular)
bardů (genitive plural)
bardovi (dative singular)
bardu (dative singular)
bardům (dative plural)
barda (accusative singular)
bardy (accusative plural)
barde (singular vocative)
bardi (plural vocative)
bardovi (locative singular)
bardu (locative singular)
bardech (locative plural)
bardem (instrumental singular)
bardy (instrumental plural)


bard

bard (nominative singular)
bardowie (nominative plural)
barda (genitive singular)
bardów (genitive plural)
bardowi (dative singular)
bardom (dative plural)
barda (accusative singular)
bardów (accusative plural)
bardem (instrumental singular)
bardami (instrumental plural)
bardzie (locative singular)
bardach (locative plural)
bardzie (singular vocative)
bardowie (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French barde, from Latin bardus, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to approve, praise”).

der

(historical) bard (professional Celtic poet and singer whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men)


first violinist

en-noun

first violinist (plural first violinists)

A violinist who is assigned to play melody (usually more technically difficult music).


second violin

The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violin's melody and generally less technically demanding.


first fiddle

O'Neil played a lively first fiddle.

The fiddle part generally carrying the melody.

O'Neil had been first fiddle in the band for years.

One who takes a leading part in anything.


fiddler

From Middle English fithelere, from Old English fiþelere, from *fiþele. By surface analysis, fiddle + -er.
(capstan-house): So called because the fiddle would sometimes be played to cheer the sailors working there.

We were the self-controlled, cautious, nifty merchants, decorous fiddlers of accounts, hoarders of wealth, excellent bribers, family and community creatures governed by manners.

2005, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The drama of my life (in The Independent online, http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/the-drama-of-my-life-483792.html)

The community of radio amateurs—trespassing fiddlers on the cutting edge of technological possibilities—prefigured the geek community that was to inhabit Silicon Valley 50 years later.

2012, Fiorenza Belussi, Udo Hermann Staber, Managing Networks of Creativity, page 92:

A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle.

Actitis hypoleucos
Actitis hypoleucos#Translingual

The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it habitually wags its tail up and down resembling the back and forth movement of a fiddler.

A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose.


virtuoso

/ˌvɜ.tʃuˈəʊ.səʊ/

Borrowed from Italian virtuoso, from Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), from Latin virtus (“excellence”). Doublet of virtuous.

For, besides the extraordinary Neatness of the Room, it was adorned with a great Number of Nicknacks, and Curiosities, which might have engaged the Attention of a Virtuoso.

1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 10, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII, page 224:

(now historical) An expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur.

Someone with special skill or knowledge; an expert.

Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style.

վիրտուոզ

A person with masterly ability, technique or style


virtuoso

en-adj

virtuoso (comparative more virtuoso, superlative most virtuoso)

more virtuoso (comparative)
most virtuoso (superlative)

/ˌvɜ.tʃuˈəʊ.səʊ/

Instead, he was able to sit alongside De Bruyne on the City bench admiring a virtuoso performance from Foden, pulling every string in the number 10 role and illustrating again why he is so important to Guardiola, and why he simply must start for Gareth Southgate's England at Euro 2024.

2024 April 3, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Aston Villa: Phil Foden produces 'masterclass' to show worth again”, in BBC:


fifer

From fife + -er. Piecewise doublet of piper.


gaiter

ca-noun

gaiter m (plural gaiters, feminine gaitera)


oboist

head

oboist c (singular definite oboisten, plural indefinite oboister)

oboisten (definite singular)
oboister (indefinite plural)
oboist (indefinite nominative singular)
oboisten (definite nominative singular)
oboister (indefinite nominative plural)
oboisterne (definite nominative plural)
oboists (genitive indefinite singular)
oboistens (definite genitive singular)
oboisters (genitive indefinite plural)
oboisternes (definite genitive plural)


oboist

oboist (indefinite nominative singular)
oboists (genitive indefinite singular)
oboisten (definite nominative singular)
oboistens (definite genitive singular)
oboister (indefinite nominative plural)
oboisters (genitive indefinite plural)
oboisterna (definite nominative plural)
oboisternas (definite genitive plural)


tooter

"Gimme the tooter." Dan took the tin dinner-horn, but paused before he blew.

1897, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 8, in Captains Courageous:

A person or device that toots; a pipe or horn, or the person who plays it.


player

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.

inh

(music) One who plays on a musical instrument.

One that plays
One who plays on a musical instrument.

But up to this time the application of the player mechanism had been confined to reed instruments, the piano manufacturers having successfully resisted the introduction of the player mechanism into the piano; but, in the meantime, the manufacturers of players had grown strong and the manufacturers were beginning to properly interpret the handwriting on the wall

1915, John McTammany, The Technical History of the Player:

A Technical Treatise on Piano Player Mechanism" contains detailed description of the various types of interior and exterior players, embracing manual, pneumatic, automatic, mechanical and electric

1909, William Braid White, Regulation and Repair of Piano and Player Mechanism, ..., page 179:

Electric players used either a four-lobe rotary pump belt-driven by an electric motor or a self-contained electric motor and ...

1970, Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume, Player piano: the history of the mechanical piano and how to repair it:

(historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.

koneisto

mechanism that actuates a player piano or similar

In this space we explored lesbian sadomasochism, met other S/M women who were serious players, had access to safe equipment and, through watching other women, learned new techniques.

1991 April 22, Wickie Stamps, “A Lesbian Looks At The GMSMA's 10ᵗʰ Anniversary Celebration”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

A participant; one involved in something.

One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.

Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’ / Players only love you when they’re playin’ / Say women, they will come and they will go / When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know

1977, Stevie Nicks (lyrics and music), “Dreams”, in Rumours, performed by Fleetwood Mac, Warner Bros.:

(informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.


punk

punk (nominative singular)
punku (genitive singular)
punkowi (dative singular)
punk (accusative singular)
punkiem (instrumental singular)
punku (locative singular)
punku (singular vocative)

(music) punk, punk rock (subgenre of rock music)


punk

punk (nominative singular)
puncy (nominative plural)
punki (derogatory nominative plural)
punka (genitive singular)
punków (genitive plural)
punkowi (dative singular)
punkom (dative plural)
punka (accusative singular)
punków (accusative plural)
punkiem (instrumental singular)
punkami (instrumental plural)
punku (locative singular)
punkach (locative plural)
punku (singular vocative)
puncy (plural vocative)

(music) punk, punk rocker (person who plays punk rock)

(music) punk, punk rocker (person who is a fan of punk rock)


rapper

One who, or that which, raps or knocks.
The knocker of a door.

(historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.

A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.

He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.

(music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.


mezzo-soprano

A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.


suonatore

it-noun

suonatore m (plural suonatori, feminine suonatrice)

suonatori (plural)
suonatrice (feminine)

musical instrument
musical instrument#English


first violin

(music) The lead or primary violin role in an orchestra or other ensemble, or in a musical composition, that typically contains the melody and is often more technically demanding than the second violin role. The first violin role is played by a first violinist, typically the best violinist in the orchestra.

(British, music) The leader of the violin section of a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.


busker

A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.


viola

Uncertain, probably from Occitan viula, derivative of viular (“playing a string instrument” or “wind”).


falsetto

en-noun

falsetto (countable and uncountable, plural falsettos)

Borrowed from Italian falsetto, from falso (“false”).

(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.

(music, countable) A person who sings in falsetto.


symphony

symphony (countable and uncountable, plural symphonies)

→ Burmese: ဆင်ဖိုနီ (hcanghpuini)

→ Japanese: シンフォニー (shinfonī)

→ Khmer: ស៊ីមហ្វូនី (siimfounii)

→ Malay: simfoni

→ Punjabi: ਸਿੰਫਨੀ (simphani)

→ Thai: ซิมโฟนี (sim-foo-nîi)

→ Welsh: symffoni

From Middle English symphonye, from Old French simphonie, from Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). By surface analysis, sym- + -phony. Doublet of sinfonia, symphonia, tsampouna, and zampogna.


orchestra

en-noun

orchestra (plural orchestras or (rare) orchestrae)

orchestras (plural)
orchestrae (plural rare)

→ Albanian: orkestër

→ Arabic: أوركسترا (ʔorkestrā)

→ Japanese: オーケストラ (ōkesutora)

→ Korean: 오케스트라 (okeseuteura)

→ Thai: ออร์เคสตรา (ɔɔ-kées-dtrâa)

Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra) (a derivative of ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai, “to dance”)).

The orchestra plays music for the dancers to dance to in the 19th century-styled dance hall.

It requires quite an orchestra to get a train to start; the guard blows his horn, the stationmaster rings a large bell, and the engine whistles.

1941 February, Voyageur, “The Railways of Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 67:

Musicians play their instruments. I play the orchestra.

2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender):

(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.


alt

head

alt (countable and uncountable, plural altok)

altok (plural)
alt (nominative singular)
altok (nominative plural)
altot (accusative singular)
altokat (accusative plural)
altnak (dative singular)
altoknak (dative plural)
alttal (instrumental singular)
altokkal (instrumental plural)
altért (causal-final singular)
altokért (causal-final plural)
alttá (singular translative)
altokká (plural translative)
altig (singular terminative)
altokig (plural terminative)
altként (essive-formal singular)
altokként (essive-formal plural)
altban (inessive singular)
altokban (inessive plural)
alton (singular superessive)
altokon (plural superessive)
altnál (adessive singular)
altoknál (adessive plural)
altba (illative singular)
altokba (illative plural)
altra (singular sublative)
altokra (plural sublative)
althoz (allative singular)
altokhoz (allative plural)
altból (elative singular)
altokból (elative plural)
altról (delative singular)
altokról (delative plural)
alttól (ablative singular)
altoktól (ablative plural)
alté (singular)
altoké (plural)
altéi (singular)
altokéi (plural)
altom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
altjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
altod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
altjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
altja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
altjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
altunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
altjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
altotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
altjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
altjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
altjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


minstrel

The noun is derived from Middle English minstral, menestrel (“actor; juggler; mime; musician; singer; storyteller; (military) soldier playing a horn or trumpet as a signal”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman menestrel [and other forms] and Old French menestrel (“artisan; servant; itinerant musician or poet; worker”) [and other forms] (modern French ménestrel (“minstrel”)), from Late Latin ministerialis (“official or retainer owing household and military service to a feudal lord, a ministerial or ministerialis”), from Latin ministerium (“employment, ministration; office of a minister, ministry; action or attendance by an inferior person such as a slave, service”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). Ministerium is derived from minister (“accomplice; agent; aide; attendant; servant; waiter”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”) + *-teros (contrastive or oppositional suffix forming adjectives)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). Doublet of ministerial and ministerialis.
The verb is derived from the noun.

nb...

menestral, menstrel, menstrelle, menstral, menstrale, menstrall, menstralle, menstrel, menstrell, menstrelle, minestral, minestrale, ministral, ministrele, minsterel, minstrale, minstrall, minstralle, minstrel, minstrelle, munstral, munstrel, munstrell, mynestral, mynistralle, mynsterel, mynstraell, mynstral, mynstrale, mynstrall, mynstralle, mynstrel, mynstrell, mynstrelle, mynystral, mynystrel, mynystrell

doublet

I forgette to tel you what a stirre he keepes against dumbe ministers, and neuer writes nor talkes of them, but hee calleth them minstrels, […]

1589?, Cutbert Curry-knave [pseudonym; Thomas Nashe], An Almond for a Parrat, or Cutbert Curry-knaues Almes. […], [London: […] Eliot’s Court Press], →OCLC; republished as An Almond for a Parrot; being a Reply to Martin Mar-prelate. […] (Puritan Discipline Tracts), London: John Petheram, […], 1846, →OCLC, page 26:

Should a Minſtrel ſing to a ſweet tune with her voice, and play to another with her hand that is harſh and diſpleaſing; ſuch muſick would more grate the judicious ear, than if ſhe had ſung to what ſhe plaid? Thus to ſing to truth with our judgement, and play wickedneſs with our heart and hand in our life, is more abhorring to God and all good men, than where the judgement is erroneous, as well as the life ungodly.

1669, William Gurnall, “A Short Point from the Connexion of This Piece of Armour with the First; Righteousness with Truth”, in The Christian in Compleat Armour. Or, A Treatise, of the Saints VVar against the Devil; […], 5th edition, London: […] Ralph Smith, […], →OCLC, page 77, column 1:

[page xv] The Minstrels ſeem to have been the genuine ſucceſſors of the ancient Bards, who united the arts of Poetry and Muſic, and ſung verſes to the harp, of their own compoſing. […] [page xvi] [T]he Minſtrels continued a diſtinct order of men, and got their livelihood by ſinging verſes to the harp, at the houſes of the great.

1765, Thomas Percy, compiler, “An Essay on the Ancient English Minstrels”, in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: […], volume I, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, pages xv–xvi:

But louder still the clamour grew, / And louder still the minstrels blew, / When, from beneath the greenwood tree, / Rode forth Lord Howard's chivalry; […]

1805, Walter Scott, “Canto Fourth”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, stanza XVI, page 107:

The Minstrel-Boy to the war is gone, / In the ranks of death you'll find him; / His father's sword he has girded on, / And his wild harp slung behind him.

1813, Thomas Moore (lyricist), John Stevenson (composer), “The Minstrel-Boy”, in A Selection of Irish Melodies. […], number 5, London: J. Power, […], →OCLC, verse I, page 30:

A wandering minstrel I— / A thing of shreds and patches, / Of ballads, songs and snatches, / And dreamy lullaby!

1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC, Act I, page 4:

The hero of the verses, Adam Glen, who composed the air to which they are sung, was a well-known wandering minstrel, long a favourite in every farmer's ha', village, and fair, in the west of Angus, and in eastern Forfarshire.

1901, “Pawkie Adam Glen”, in Robert Ford, editor, Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland: With Many Old and Familiar Melodies […] (Second Series), Paisley, Renfrewshire, London: Alexander Gardner […], →OCLC, page 172:

(historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.


minstrel

minstrel (nominative singular)
minstrele (nominative plural)
minstrela (genitive singular)
minstreli (genitive plural)
minstrelów (genitive plural)
minstrelowi (dative singular)
minstrelom (dative plural)
minstrela (accusative singular)
minstreli (accusative plural)
minstrelów (accusative plural)
minstrelem (instrumental singular)
minstrelami (instrumental plural)
minstrelu (locative singular)
minstrelach (locative plural)
minstrelu (singular vocative)
minstrele (plural vocative)

(historical) minstrel (medieval traveling entertainer)


marching band

No, republicans did not celebrate; they took their placards and their yellow T-shirts to Trafalgar Square, where their voices could (almost) be heard against a backdrop of marching bands and pealing bells.

2023 May 6, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian:

A group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who often incorporate movement, usually some type of marching, with their musical performance.


quintet

From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).

(music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)

(music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together


sopranista

An adult male singer who sings music written in soprano range without the use of falsetto.


shredder

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.


DJ

Coordinate term: VJ

Last night a DJ saved my life / Last night a DJ saved my life from a broken heart

1982, Michael Cleveland (lyrics and music), “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life”, performed by Indeep:

Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life

1986, Morrissey & Johnny Marr (lyrics and music), “Panic”, in The World Won’t Listen, performed by The Smiths:

Three MC's and one DJ / We be getting down with no delay

1999, “Three MC’s and One DJ”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys:


DJ

DJ (nominative singular)
DJ-e (nominative plural)
DJ-a (genitive singular)
DJ-ów (genitive plural)
DJ-owi (dative singular)
DJ-om (dative plural)
DJ-a (accusative singular)
DJ-ów (accusative plural)
DJ-em (instrumental singular)
DJ-ami (instrumental plural)
DJ-u (locative singular)
DJ-ach (locative plural)
DJ-u (singular vocative)
DJ-e (plural vocative)


organist

From Middle French organiste, from Medieval Latin organista. By surface analysis, organ + -ist.


organist

head

organist c (singular definite organisten, plural indefinite organister)

organisten (definite singular)
organister (indefinite plural)
organist (indefinite nominative singular)
organisten (definite nominative singular)
organister (indefinite nominative plural)
organisterne (definite nominative plural)
organists (genitive indefinite singular)
organistens (definite genitive singular)
organisters (genitive indefinite plural)
organisternes (definite genitive plural)


organist

organisten (definite singular)
organister (indefinite plural)
organistene (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin organista, from organum.


organist

organisten (definite singular)
organistar (indefinite plural)
organistane (definite plural)


organist

organist (indefinite nominative singular)
organists (genitive indefinite singular)
organisten (definite nominative singular)
organistens (definite genitive singular)
organister (indefinite nominative plural)
organisters (genitive indefinite plural)
organisterna (definite nominative plural)
organisternas (definite genitive plural)


jitterbug

desctree

Japanese: ジルバ (jiruba)
Chinese: 吉魯巴／吉鲁巴 (jílǔbā)

/ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)bʌɡ/

From jitter + bug, after the 1934 Cab Calloway song Jitter Bug.

Synonym of diddley bow (“type of stringed instrument”)


sextet

From French sextette, from Italian sestetto.

A group of six singers or instrumentalists.


bower

One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow.


Beatles

Originally spelled Beatals, punningly referencing the expression beat all (“surpass everything”), then later altered to Beatles, blend of beat + beetles, with beat referring to "beat music" or the "beat" of a drum, and beetles inspired by the contemporaneous band name The Crickets.

Don't tell me to play goddamn Beatles in my house. We're in America, I swear to God.

2023, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Sofia Coppola, Priscilla, spoken by Elvis (Jacob Elordi):

An extremely successful and influential British rock music quartet that operated primarily in the 1960s.


songwriter

We are now collaborating with a famous songwriter.

(music) A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.

liedjieskrywer

someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs


songwriter

nl-noun

songwriter m (plural songwriters, diminutive songwritertje n)

songwriters (plural)
songwritertje (diminutive neuter)


Organist

de-noun

Organist m (weak, genitive Organisten, plural Organisten, feminine Organistin)

Organisten (genitive)
Organisten (plural)
Organistin (feminine)
Organist (nominative singular)
Organisten (definite nominative plural)
Organisten (genitive singular)
Organisten (definite genitive plural)
Organisten (dative singular)
Organisten (dative definite plural)
Organisten (accusative singular)
Organisten (accusative definite plural)


Pianist

Pianist m (weak, genitive Pianisten, plural Pianisten, feminine Pianistin)

Pianisten (genitive)
Pianisten (plural)
Pianistin (feminine)
Pianist (nominative singular)
Pianisten (definite nominative plural)
Pianisten (genitive singular)
Pianisten (definite genitive plural)
Pianisten (dative singular)
Pianisten (dative definite plural)
Pianisten (accusative singular)
Pianisten (accusative definite plural)


Saxophonist

Saxophonist m (weak, genitive Saxophonisten, plural Saxophonisten, feminine Saxophonistin)

Saxophonisten (genitive)
Saxophonisten (plural)
Saxophonistin (feminine)
Saxophonist (nominative singular)
Saxophonisten (definite nominative plural)
Saxophonisten (genitive singular)
Saxophonisten (definite genitive plural)
Saxophonisten (dative singular)
Saxophonisten (dative definite plural)
Saxophonisten (accusative singular)
Saxophonisten (accusative definite plural)


Violinist

Violinist m (weak, genitive Violinisten, plural Violinisten, feminine Violinistin)

Violinisten (genitive)
Violinisten (plural)
Violinistin (feminine)
Violinist (nominative singular)
Violinisten (definite nominative plural)
Violinisten (genitive singular)
Violinisten (definite genitive plural)
Violinisten (dative singular)
Violinisten (dative definite plural)
Violinisten (accusative singular)
Violinisten (accusative definite plural)


spanker

An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle.

beyond the broad white wing of the spanker sail

1839, Charlotte Elizabeth, Glimpses of the Past:

(nautical) A fore-and-aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.

(dated, music) A musician who plays his instrument well.

(dated) One who takes long, quick strides in walking.


flautist

The flautist Bezaly adds to the impressive list of flute concertos dedicated to her with the composer Pulkkis’s contribution to the genre.

2007 July 28, Rick Jones, “Sharon Bezaly / Uljas Pulkkis: Enchanted Garden”, in Times of London:


flautist

ro-noun

flautist m (plural flautiști, feminine equivalent flautistă)

flautiști (plural)
equivalent flautistă (feminine)
flautist (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
flautistul (accusative definite nominative singular)
flautiști (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
flautiștii (accusative definite nominative plural)
flautist (indefinite singular)
flautistului (definite singular)
flautiști (indefinite singular)
flautiștilor (definite plural)
flautistule (singular vocative)
flautiștilor (vocative)


flautist

sh-noun

flaùtist m (Cyrillic spelling флау̀тист)

flaùtist (canonical masculine)
флау̀тист (Cyrillic)
flautist (nominative singular)
flautisti (nominative plural)
flautista (genitive singular)
flautista (genitive plural)
flautistu (dative singular)
flautistima (dative plural)
flautista (accusative singular)
flautiste (accusative plural)
flautiste (singular vocative)
flautisti (plural vocative)
flautistu (locative singular)
flautistima (locative plural)
flautistom (instrumental singular)
flautistima (instrumental plural)


flutist

Probably from Middle French flutiste, equivalent to flute + -ist. Replaced Middle English flouter (“flute player”) from Old French flauteur.


cellist

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:

Though relative newcomers to classical music, they seemed closely attuned to the eight cellists onstage, raising their heads abruptly as the piece’s languid strains gave way to rapid-fire bow strokes.

2021 April 28, Lisa Abend, “When the Cellos Play, the Cows Come Home”, in The New York Times:


cellist

nl-noun

cellist m (plural cellisten, diminutive cellistje n, feminine celliste)

cellisten (plural)
cellistje (diminutive neuter)
celliste (feminine)

→ Indonesian: selis


cellist

cellist (indefinite nominative singular)
cellists (genitive indefinite singular)
cellisten (definite nominative singular)
cellistens (definite genitive singular)
cellister (indefinite nominative plural)
cellisters (genitive indefinite plural)
cellisterna (definite nominative plural)
cellisternas (definite genitive plural)


punk rocker

(informal) A person who plays, or is a fan of, punk rock.


gamelan

en-noun

gamelan (countable and uncountable, plural gamelans)

/ˈɡæ.məˌlæn/

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦩꦼꦭꦤ꧀ (gamelan), from Old Javanese gamelan.

(music) A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a siuling).


koro

Borrowed from Spanish coro, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

choir; chorus (group of singers performing together)

(architecture) choir (part of a church for choir assembly)


klezmer

klezmer (countable and uncountable, plural klezmers or klezmorim)

Borrowed from Yiddish קלעזמער (klezmer), from Hebrew כְּלֵי זֶמֶר (kléy zémer, “musical instruments”).

der

כְּלֵי זֶמֶר

(music, uncountable) A type of popular Jewish folk music especially associated with Ashkenazi cultures.


klezmer

pl-noun

klezmer m pers (female equivalent klezmerka, related adjective klezmerski)

klezmerka (feminine)
klezmerski (adjective)
klezmer (nominative singular)
klezmerzy (nominative plural)
klezmery (derogatory nominative plural)
klezmera (genitive singular)
klezmerów (genitive plural)
klezmerowi (dative singular)
klezmerom (dative plural)
klezmera (accusative singular)
klezmerów (accusative plural)
klezmerem (instrumental singular)
klezmerami (instrumental plural)
klezmerze (locative singular)
klezmerach (locative plural)
klezmerze (singular vocative)
klezmerzy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Yiddish קלעזמער (klezmer).

(derogatory) musician playing for profit in catering establishments or at weddings


deejay

Pronunciation spelling of the abbreviation DJ.


crooner

My mom likes to listen to old crooners like Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey.

One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music.


laulaja

laulaja (nominative singular)
laulajat (nominative plural)
laulaja (accusative nominative singular)
laulajat (accusative nominative plural)
laulajan (accusative genitive singular)
laulajat (accusative genitive plural)
laulajan (genitive singular)
laulajien (genitive plural)
laulajain (genitive plural rare)
laulajaa (partitive singular)
laulajia (partitive plural)
laulajassa (inessive singular)
laulajissa (inessive plural)
laulajasta (elative singular)
laulajista (elative plural)
laulajaan (illative singular)
laulajiin (illative plural)
laulajalla (adessive singular)
laulajilla (adessive plural)
laulajalta (ablative singular)
laulajilta (ablative plural)
laulajalle (allative singular)
laulajille (allative plural)
laulajana (essive singular)
laulajina (essive plural)
laulajaksi (singular translative)
laulajiksi (plural translative)
laulajatta (abessive singular)
laulajitta (abessive plural)
laulajin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
laulajani (nominative singular)
laulajani (nominative plural)
laulajani (accusative nominative singular)
laulajani (accusative nominative plural)
laulajani (accusative genitive singular)
laulajani (accusative genitive plural)
laulajani (genitive singular)
laulajieni (genitive plural)
laulajaini (genitive plural rare)
laulajaani (partitive singular)
laulajiani (partitive plural)
laulajassani (inessive singular)
laulajissani (inessive plural)
laulajastani (elative singular)
laulajistani (elative plural)
laulajaani (illative singular)
laulajiini (illative plural)
laulajallani (adessive singular)
laulajillani (adessive plural)
laulajaltani (ablative singular)
laulajiltani (ablative plural)
laulajalleni (allative singular)
laulajilleni (allative plural)
laulajanani (essive singular)
laulajinani (essive plural)
laulajakseni (singular translative)
laulajikseni (plural translative)
laulajattani (abessive singular)
laulajittani (abessive plural)
laulajineni (comitative plural)
laulajasi (nominative singular)
laulajasi (nominative plural)
laulajasi (accusative nominative singular)
laulajasi (accusative nominative plural)
laulajasi (accusative genitive singular)
laulajasi (accusative genitive plural)
laulajasi (genitive singular)
laulajiesi (genitive plural)
laulajaisi (genitive plural rare)
laulajaasi (partitive singular)
laulajiasi (partitive plural)
laulajassasi (inessive singular)
laulajissasi (inessive plural)
laulajastasi (elative singular)
laulajistasi (elative plural)
laulajaasi (illative singular)
laulajiisi (illative plural)
laulajallasi (adessive singular)
laulajillasi (adessive plural)
laulajaltasi (ablative singular)
laulajiltasi (ablative plural)
laulajallesi (allative singular)
laulajillesi (allative plural)
laulajanasi (essive singular)
laulajinasi (essive plural)
laulajaksesi (singular translative)
laulajiksesi (plural translative)
laulajattasi (abessive singular)
laulajittasi (abessive plural)
laulajinesi (comitative plural)
laulajamme (nominative singular)
laulajamme (nominative plural)
laulajamme (accusative nominative singular)
laulajamme (accusative nominative plural)
laulajamme (accusative genitive singular)
laulajamme (accusative genitive plural)
laulajamme (genitive singular)
laulajiemme (genitive plural)
laulajaimme (genitive plural rare)
laulajaamme (partitive singular)
laulajiamme (partitive plural)
laulajassamme (inessive singular)
laulajissamme (inessive plural)
laulajastamme (elative singular)
laulajistamme (elative plural)
laulajaamme (illative singular)
laulajiimme (illative plural)
laulajallamme (adessive singular)
laulajillamme (adessive plural)
laulajaltamme (ablative singular)
laulajiltamme (ablative plural)
laulajallemme (allative singular)
laulajillemme (allative plural)
laulajanamme (essive singular)
laulajinamme (essive plural)
laulajaksemme (singular translative)
laulajiksemme (plural translative)
laulajattamme (abessive singular)
laulajittamme (abessive plural)
laulajinemme (comitative plural)
laulajanne (nominative singular)
laulajanne (nominative plural)
laulajanne (accusative nominative singular)
laulajanne (accusative nominative plural)
laulajanne (accusative genitive singular)
laulajanne (accusative genitive plural)
laulajanne (genitive singular)
laulajienne (genitive plural)
laulajainne (genitive plural rare)
laulajaanne (partitive singular)
laulajianne (partitive plural)
laulajassanne (inessive singular)
laulajissanne (inessive plural)
laulajastanne (elative singular)
laulajistanne (elative plural)
laulajaanne (illative singular)
laulajiinne (illative plural)
laulajallanne (adessive singular)
laulajillanne (adessive plural)
laulajaltanne (ablative singular)
laulajiltanne (ablative plural)
laulajallenne (allative singular)
laulajillenne (allative plural)
laulajananne (essive singular)
laulajinanne (essive plural)
laulajaksenne (singular translative)
laulajiksenne (plural translative)
laulajattanne (abessive singular)
laulajittanne (abessive plural)
laulajinenne (comitative plural)
laulajansa (nominative singular)
laulajansa (nominative plural)
laulajansa (accusative nominative singular)
laulajansa (accusative nominative plural)
laulajansa (accusative genitive singular)
laulajansa (accusative genitive plural)
laulajansa (genitive singular)
laulajiensa (genitive plural)
laulajainsa (genitive plural rare)
laulajaansa (partitive singular)
laulajiaan (partitive plural)
laulajiansa (partitive plural)
laulajassaan (inessive singular)
laulajassansa (inessive singular)
laulajissaan (inessive plural)
laulajissansa (inessive plural)
laulajastaan (elative singular)
laulajastansa (elative singular)
laulajistaan (elative plural)
laulajistansa (elative plural)
laulajaansa (illative singular)
laulajiinsa (illative plural)
laulajallaan (adessive singular)
laulajallansa (adessive singular)
laulajillaan (adessive plural)
laulajillansa (adessive plural)
laulajaltaan (ablative singular)
laulajaltansa (ablative singular)
laulajiltaan (ablative plural)
laulajiltansa (ablative plural)
laulajalleen (allative singular)
laulajallensa (allative singular)
laulajilleen (allative plural)
laulajillensa (allative plural)
laulajanaan (essive singular)
laulajanansa (essive singular)
laulajinaan (essive plural)
laulajinansa (essive plural)
laulajakseen (singular translative)
laulajaksensa (singular translative)
laulajikseen (plural translative)
laulajiksensa (plural translative)
laulajattaan (abessive singular)
laulajattansa (abessive singular)
laulajittaan (abessive plural)
laulajittansa (abessive plural)
laulajineen (comitative plural)
laulajinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈlɑ̝u̯lɑ̝jɑ̝]


laulaja

laulaja (nominative singular)
laulajat (nominative plural)
laulajan (genitive singular)
laulajiin (genitive plural)
laulajaa (partitive singular)
laulajia (partitive plural)
laulajaa (illative singular)
laulajii (illative plural)
laulajaas (inessive singular)
laulajiis (inessive plural)
laulajast (elative singular)
laulajist (elative plural)
laulajalle (allative singular)
laulajille (allative plural)
laulajaal (adessive singular)
laulajiil (adessive plural)
laulajalt (ablative singular)
laulajilt (ablative plural)
laulajaks (singular translative)
laulajiks (plural translative)
laulajanna (essive singular)
laulajaan (essive singular)
laulajinna (essive plural)
laulajiin (essive plural)
laulajant (exessive singular)
laulajint (exessive plural)

From laulaa (“to sing”) + -ja. Akin to Finnish laulaja.


diva

head

diva (definite accusative divayı, plural divalar)

divayı (accusative definite)
divalar (plural)

Borrowed from Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).


steel pan orchestra

en-noun

steel pan orchestra (plural steel pan orchestras)

A band made up of people who play the steel pan.


tónlistarmaður

is-noun

tónlistarmaður m (genitive singular tónlistarmanns, nominative plural tónlistarmenn)

tónlistarmanns (genitive singular)
tónlistarmenn (nominative plural)
tónlistarmaður (indefinite nominative singular)
tónlistarmaðurinn (definite nominative singular)
tónlistarmenn (indefinite nominative plural)
tónlistarmennirnir (definite nominative plural)
tónlistarmann (accusative indefinite singular)
tónlistarmanninn (accusative definite singular)
tónlistarmenn (accusative indefinite plural)
tónlistarmennina (accusative definite plural)
tónlistarmanni (dative indefinite singular)
tónlistarmanninum (dative definite singular)
tónlistarmönnum (dative indefinite plural)
tónlistarmönnunum (dative definite plural)
tónlistarmanns (genitive indefinite singular)
tónlistarmannsins (definite genitive singular)
tónlistarmanna (genitive indefinite plural)
tónlistarmannanna (definite genitive plural)

Compound of tónlist (“music”) + maður (“man”).


rocker

From Middle English rokker, rockere, rokkere, equivalent to rock + -er.

It was I Sir (ſaid the Rocker) who had the honour (ſome thirty years ſince) to attend on your Highneſs in your Infancie, […]

1660, Thomas Fuller, “Trusting maketh one Trusty”, in Mixt Contemplations in Better Times, London: […] R[oger] D[aniel] for Iohn Williams, […], →OCLC, page [75]:

(UK) A member of a British subculture of the 1960s, opposed to the mods, who dressed in black leather and were interested in 1950s music.


disc jockey

Disc refers to the flat, circular shape of the traditional medium for recorded music. Jockey refers to a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for “boy, or fellow” (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. So, disc jockey / DJ etymologically refers to a young person playing (discs holding) music.
Coined by journalist Walter Winchell in 1935 to describe Martin Block. Appeared in print in Variety in 1941.
Previously also called record man.

coin

A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; and/or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers.

platejoggie

person who plays recorded music in nightclubs etc.


disc jockey

pt-noun

disc jockey m or f by sense (plural disc jockeys)

Unadapted borrowing from English disc jockey.


basso profondo

From Italian basso profondo (“deep bass”).

I am normally a low baritone, almost basso profundo [sic], but under certain kinds of provocations my voice disappears into the higher registers, perhaps into the bat range.

1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 40:

(music) A singer with a bass voice of the lowest range.


troubadour

From Old Occitan trobar (“to find”) via Old French troubadour. Piecewise doublet of trouveur.

Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.

2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times:

“"Not a human, not yet a vampire," to paraphrase one of your contemporary musical troubadours.”

2023 August 17, Jeremy Levick & Rajat Suresh, “Hybrid Creatures” (0:18 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 7, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):

An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.


troubadour

fr-noun

troubadour m (plural troubadours, feminine troubadouresse or trobairitz)

troubadours (plural)
troubadouresse (feminine)
trobairitz (feminine)

Borrowed from Old Occitan trobador (< trobar (“to find”)) via Old French troubadour. Corresponds to the native French trouveur.


хор

хорунан ыллаатылар


caller

From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.

(dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.


yodeler

One who sings so that their voice fluctuates rapidly between their normal chest voice and a falsetto, one who yodels.


drummer

From drum + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

march to the beat of a different drummer

Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist.


drummer

drummer m or f by sense (plural drummers, feminine drummeuse)


organista

pl-noun

organista m pers (female equivalent organistka)

organistka (feminine)
organista (nominative singular)
organiści (nominative plural)
organisty (derogatory nominative plural)
organisty (genitive singular)
organistów (genitive plural)
organiście (dative singular)
organistom (dative plural)
organistę (accusative singular)
organistów (accusative plural)
organistą (instrumental singular)
organistami (instrumental plural)
organiście (locative singular)
organistach (locative plural)
organisto (singular vocative)
organiści (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin organista.


hepcat

From hep + cat, from hep (“sophisticated, aware”). Compare cat (“jazz enthusiast”). Attested in the sense of “sophisticated person” from the 1920s.

Everybody is asking, Why is Harry such a solid sender? Well, hear my version. As you are seated or are trying to stay seated you feel that sensation that hits every hep-cat. First your feet get the sensation, then it runs up your leg and you start to keep time to the music with your feet and you feel like getting up and jiving to that fine music that comes out of the magic trumpet of Harry James.

1943 May 9, Orlando Suero, “Jive, as a Hep-Cat Hears it”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Leaders of the eight or nine name dance bands, who can throw a cordon of jitterbugging youths around any big city's theatre on a half hour's notice, are not complaining aloud these days, but privately they admit that “government competition” is having a lot to do with their ability to get it hot or sweet to suit the mood of the hepcats.

1943 June 20, John Desmond, “Making Catnip for the Hepcats”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(informal, dated, now often humorous) A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s.


chorister

/ˈkwɪɹɪstəɹ/

/ˈkwɒɹɪstəɹ/

/ˈkwæɹɪstəɹ/

Derived from late Middle English queristre, from an Anglo-Norman variant of Old French cueriste, from cuer (see Middle French cuer). Equivalent to choir + -ster.

None of the new choristers can sing in tune but they will learn soon enough.

These be my querysters
To helpe me to synge,
My hawkes to mattens rynge!

c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 122–124:

Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

And a Salisbury Cathedral chorister complained that after working late into Christmas Day, an absence of trains meant he and his brother would not be able to get home for "our proper Christmas" until the 27th.

2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:


bassist

By and large back then, bassists weren’t bandleaders; Mingus was an anomaly.

2024 May 1, Marcus J. Moore, “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Bass”, in The New York Times:

A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.


glam rocker

Lady Gaga has announced two UK dates – when she will be supported by glam rockers the Darkness – as part of her world tour.

2012 April 10, “Lady Gaga announces two UK dates as part of Born This Way Ball tour”, in the Guardian:


歌手

/kɤ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɔː⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

/kua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/kua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

/kua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/ko³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiu⁵²/

/kɤ⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɔː⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

/kua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/kua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

/kua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/ko³³⁻²³ t͡sʰiu⁵²/

說唱歌手

说唱歌手

a singer whose voice is unique and easily identifiable

辨識度高的歌手

辨识度高的歌手

The songs this singer sings are fantastic!

這位歌手唱的歌很好聽！

这位歌手唱的歌很好听！

His little brother is a popular young local singer.

Tā dìdi shì wèi xiǎo yǒu míngqì de qīngnián gēshǒu.

他弟弟是位小有名氣的青年歌手。

他弟弟是位小有名气的青年歌手。

singer; vocalist; artist (recording artist)


lutenist

Borrowed from Medieval Latin lutanista, from lutana (“lute”), from Middle French lut.

A group of composers, variously known as the madrigalists, the lutenists, or the virginalists (depending on the medium for which they were writing), produced vast quantities of attractive music, mostly for amateur consumption.

2003, Edward L. Kottick, A History of the Harpsichord, page 200:

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.


swinger

And now that swing appears on a certain playground in the dusk, still swinging without the swinger, who has disappeared[…]

2009, Peter Handke, Krishna Winston, Crossing the Sierra de Gredos, page 438:

A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.

Shorten went to Blacktown to try and summon the spirit of Gough Whitlam to persuade the swingers it was time for a change of government. Shorten said vote one Labor, for the future.

2019 May 16, Katharine Murphy, “Campaign catchup 2019: close race sparks pre-election jitters”, in The Guardian:


swinger

/ˈswɪnd͡ʒəɹ/


keyboardist

The absence of keyboardist Sadie Shaw (who split for the Bay Area garage rawkers the Husbands) allows the group more space to indulge in dark wordless experiments; […]

2004, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 129, page 59:


screamer

'Don't be frightened, mistress,' said Quilp, after a pause. 'Your son knows me; I don't eat babies; I don't like 'em. It will be as well to stop that young screamer though, in case I should be tempted to do him a mischief. Holloa, sir! Will you be quiet?'

1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the Twenty-first”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:

He stood almost appalled for a moment, as he said to himself that she would take her up and the girl would be ruined, would force her note and become a screamer.

1885–1886, Henry James, chapter IX, in The Bostonians […], London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 16 February 1886, →OCLC:

In my opinion, Sarah was a total screamer. […] She screams in BRAIN OF MORIBUS, PYRAMIDS OF MARS, PLANET OF EVIL, REVENGE OF CYBERMEN, GENESIS OF DALEKS, SEEDS OF DOOM, ARK IN SPACE, etc, etc. In just about all her stories. When she is not screaming she is yelping, "Run Doctor RUNNNNNN!"

1999 June 27, J2rider, “Favourite companions to hate or love”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):

One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.

His screamer into the right field bleachers in the sixth with Scarborough and Viau on base put Hickory out in front 9 to 8 and the lead held for the rest of the game.

2006, R. G. Utley, Tim Peeler, Aaron Peeler, Outlaw Ballplayers: interviews and profiles from the Independent Carolina Baseball League:

(music) A march played at a circus to enliven the crowd.


kantor

pl-noun

kantor m pers (female equivalent kantorka, related adjective kantorski or kantoralny)

kantorka (feminine)
kantorski (adjective)
kantoralny (adjective)
kantor (nominative singular)
kantorzy (nominative plural)
kantorowie (nominative plural)
kantora (genitive singular)
kantorów (genitive plural)
kantorowi (dative singular)
kantorom (dative plural)
kantora (accusative singular)
kantorów (accusative plural)
kantorem (instrumental singular)
kantorami (instrumental plural)
kantorze (locative singular)
kantorach (locative plural)
kantorze (singular vocative)
kantorzy (plural vocative)
kantorowie (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin cantor. Compare Kashubian kantór.

(Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) cantor (singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony)

(archaic, Protestantism) cantor (choir conductor and organist)

(Judaism) cantor, hazzan (prayer leader in a Jewish service)


kantor

kantor m inan (diminutive kantorek, related adjective kantorowy)

kantorek (diminutive)
kantorowy (adjective)
kantor (nominative singular)
kantory (nominative plural)
kantoru (genitive singular)
kantorów (genitive plural)
kantorowi (dative singular)
kantorom (dative plural)
kantor (accusative singular)
kantory (accusative plural)
kantorem (instrumental singular)
kantorami (instrumental plural)
kantorze (locative singular)
kantorach (locative plural)
kantorze (singular vocative)
kantory (plural vocative)

→ Vilamovian: kȧntor

Borrowed from German Kontor. Doublet of kontuar.

bureau de change, currency exchange (place where foreign currency can be exchanged)

institution dealing with commercial transactions


backing band

(British) A group of musicians who accompany an artist at a live performance or on a recording. This can either be an established group, or else an ad hoc group assembled for the purpose.


Liedermacher

de-noun

Liedermacher m (strong, genitive Liedermachers, plural Liedermacher, feminine Liedermacherin)

Liedermachers (genitive)
Liedermacher (plural)
Liedermacherin (feminine)
Liedermacher (nominative singular)
Liedermacher (definite nominative plural)
Liedermachers (genitive singular)
Liedermacher (definite genitive plural)
Liedermacher (dative singular)
Liedermachern (dative definite plural)
Liedermacher (accusative singular)
Liedermacher (accusative definite plural)

From Lied (“song”) + -er- + Macher (“maker”).

music artist (male or of unspecified gender) (person who writes and sings his or her own sophisticated lyrics, using little musical accompaniment, similar to a singer-songwriter or chansonnier)


грач

uk-noun

грач • (hrač) m pers (genitive грача́, nominative plural грачі́, genitive plural грачі́в)

hrač (romanization)
грача́ (genitive)
грачі́ (nominative plural)
грачі́в (genitive plural)
грач (nominative singular)
грачі́ (nominative plural)
грача́ (genitive singular)
грачі́в (genitive plural)
граче́ві (dative singular)
грачу́ (dative singular)
грача́м (dative plural)
грача́ (accusative singular)
грачі́в (accusative plural)
граче́м (instrumental singular)
грача́ми (instrumental plural)
граче́ві (locative singular)
грачу́ (locative singular)
грачі́ (locative singular)
грача́х (locative plural)
гра́чу (singular vocative)
грачі́ (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian грачъ, кграчъ (hrač, grač), from Proto-Slavic *jьgračь. By surface analysis, гра́ти (hráty) + -ач (-ač).

inh

грачъ, кграчъ

inh+

грачъ, кграчъ

surf

(rare, music) player (one who plays on a musical instrument)


pianista

ca-noun

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistes)


pianista

gl-noun

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistas)


pianista

it-noun

pianista m or f by sense (masculine plural pianisti, feminine plural pianiste)

pianisti (masculine plural)
pianiste (feminine plural)


pianista

pl-noun

pianista m pers (female equivalent pianistka)

pianistka (feminine)
pianista (nominative singular)
pianiści (nominative plural)
pianisty (derogatory nominative plural)
pianisty (genitive singular)
pianistów (genitive plural)
pianiście (dative singular)
pianistom (dative plural)
pianistę (accusative singular)
pianistów (accusative plural)
pianistą (instrumental singular)
pianistami (instrumental plural)
pianiście (locative singular)
pianistach (locative plural)
pianisto (singular vocative)
pianiści (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Italian pianista or French pianiste.

pianist (person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra)


pianista

From piano (“piano”) + -ista (“-ist”), from Italian piano (“piano; flat”).


keyboarder

tallentaja

one who enters data into a computer system


rumpali

rumpali (nominative singular)
rumpalit (nominative plural)
rumpali (accusative nominative singular)
rumpalit (accusative nominative plural)
rumpalin (accusative genitive singular)
rumpalit (accusative genitive plural)
rumpalin (genitive singular)
rumpalien (genitive plural)
rumpaleiden (genitive plural)
rumpaleitten (genitive plural)
rumpalia (partitive singular)
rumpaleita (partitive plural)
rumpaleja (partitive plural)
rumpalissa (inessive singular)
rumpaleissa (inessive plural)
rumpalista (elative singular)
rumpaleista (elative plural)
rumpaliin (illative singular)
rumpaleihin (illative plural)
rumpalilla (adessive singular)
rumpaleilla (adessive plural)
rumpalilta (ablative singular)
rumpaleilta (ablative plural)
rumpalille (allative singular)
rumpaleille (allative plural)
rumpalina (essive singular)
rumpaleina (essive plural)
rumpaliksi (singular translative)
rumpaleiksi (plural translative)
rumpalitta (abessive singular)
rumpaleitta (abessive plural)
rumpalein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
rumpalini (nominative singular)
rumpalini (nominative plural)
rumpalini (accusative nominative singular)
rumpalini (accusative nominative plural)
rumpalini (accusative genitive singular)
rumpalini (accusative genitive plural)
rumpalini (genitive singular)
rumpalieni (genitive plural)
rumpaleideni (genitive plural)
rumpaleitteni (genitive plural)
rumpaliani (partitive singular)
rumpaleitani (partitive plural)
rumpalejani (partitive plural)
rumpalissani (inessive singular)
rumpaleissani (inessive plural)
rumpalistani (elative singular)
rumpaleistani (elative plural)
rumpaliini (illative singular)
rumpaleihini (illative plural)
rumpalillani (adessive singular)
rumpaleillani (adessive plural)
rumpaliltani (ablative singular)
rumpaleiltani (ablative plural)
rumpalilleni (allative singular)
rumpaleilleni (allative plural)
rumpalinani (essive singular)
rumpaleinani (essive plural)
rumpalikseni (singular translative)
rumpaleikseni (plural translative)
rumpalittani (abessive singular)
rumpaleittani (abessive plural)
rumpaleineni (comitative plural)
rumpalisi (nominative singular)
rumpalisi (nominative plural)
rumpalisi (accusative nominative singular)
rumpalisi (accusative nominative plural)
rumpalisi (accusative genitive singular)
rumpalisi (accusative genitive plural)
rumpalisi (genitive singular)
rumpaliesi (genitive plural)
rumpaleidesi (genitive plural)
rumpaleittesi (genitive plural)
rumpaliasi (partitive singular)
rumpaleitasi (partitive plural)
rumpalejasi (partitive plural)
rumpalissasi (inessive singular)
rumpaleissasi (inessive plural)
rumpalistasi (elative singular)
rumpaleistasi (elative plural)
rumpaliisi (illative singular)
rumpaleihisi (illative plural)
rumpalillasi (adessive singular)
rumpaleillasi (adessive plural)
rumpaliltasi (ablative singular)
rumpaleiltasi (ablative plural)
rumpalillesi (allative singular)
rumpaleillesi (allative plural)
rumpalinasi (essive singular)
rumpaleinasi (essive plural)
rumpaliksesi (singular translative)
rumpaleiksesi (plural translative)
rumpalittasi (abessive singular)
rumpaleittasi (abessive plural)
rumpaleinesi (comitative plural)
rumpalimme (nominative singular)
rumpalimme (nominative plural)
rumpalimme (accusative nominative singular)
rumpalimme (accusative nominative plural)
rumpalimme (accusative genitive singular)
rumpalimme (accusative genitive plural)
rumpalimme (genitive singular)
rumpaliemme (genitive plural)
rumpaleidemme (genitive plural)
rumpaleittemme (genitive plural)
rumpaliamme (partitive singular)
rumpaleitamme (partitive plural)
rumpalejamme (partitive plural)
rumpalissamme (inessive singular)
rumpaleissamme (inessive plural)
rumpalistamme (elative singular)
rumpaleistamme (elative plural)
rumpaliimme (illative singular)
rumpaleihimme (illative plural)
rumpalillamme (adessive singular)
rumpaleillamme (adessive plural)
rumpaliltamme (ablative singular)
rumpaleiltamme (ablative plural)
rumpalillemme (allative singular)
rumpaleillemme (allative plural)
rumpalinamme (essive singular)
rumpaleinamme (essive plural)
rumpaliksemme (singular translative)
rumpaleiksemme (plural translative)
rumpalittamme (abessive singular)
rumpaleittamme (abessive plural)
rumpaleinemme (comitative plural)
rumpalinne (nominative singular)
rumpalinne (nominative plural)
rumpalinne (accusative nominative singular)
rumpalinne (accusative nominative plural)
rumpalinne (accusative genitive singular)
rumpalinne (accusative genitive plural)
rumpalinne (genitive singular)
rumpalienne (genitive plural)
rumpaleidenne (genitive plural)
rumpaleittenne (genitive plural)
rumpalianne (partitive singular)
rumpaleitanne (partitive plural)
rumpalejanne (partitive plural)
rumpalissanne (inessive singular)
rumpaleissanne (inessive plural)
rumpalistanne (elative singular)
rumpaleistanne (elative plural)
rumpaliinne (illative singular)
rumpaleihinne (illative plural)
rumpalillanne (adessive singular)
rumpaleillanne (adessive plural)
rumpaliltanne (ablative singular)
rumpaleiltanne (ablative plural)
rumpalillenne (allative singular)
rumpaleillenne (allative plural)
rumpalinanne (essive singular)
rumpaleinanne (essive plural)
rumpaliksenne (singular translative)
rumpaleiksenne (plural translative)
rumpalittanne (abessive singular)
rumpaleittanne (abessive plural)
rumpaleinenne (comitative plural)
rumpalinsa (nominative singular)
rumpalinsa (nominative plural)
rumpalinsa (accusative nominative singular)
rumpalinsa (accusative nominative plural)
rumpalinsa (accusative genitive singular)
rumpalinsa (accusative genitive plural)
rumpalinsa (genitive singular)
rumpaliensa (genitive plural)
rumpaleidensa (genitive plural)
rumpaleittensa (genitive plural)
rumpaliaan (partitive singular)
rumpaliansa (partitive singular)
rumpaleitaan (partitive plural)
rumpalejaan (partitive plural)
rumpaleitansa (partitive plural)
rumpalejansa (partitive plural)
rumpalissaan (inessive singular)
rumpalissansa (inessive singular)
rumpaleissaan (inessive plural)
rumpaleissansa (inessive plural)
rumpalistaan (elative singular)
rumpalistansa (elative singular)
rumpaleistaan (elative plural)
rumpaleistansa (elative plural)
rumpaliinsa (illative singular)
rumpaleihinsa (illative plural)
rumpalillaan (adessive singular)
rumpalillansa (adessive singular)
rumpaleillaan (adessive plural)
rumpaleillansa (adessive plural)
rumpaliltaan (ablative singular)
rumpaliltansa (ablative singular)
rumpaleiltaan (ablative plural)
rumpaleiltansa (ablative plural)
rumpalilleen (allative singular)
rumpalillensa (allative singular)
rumpaleilleen (allative plural)
rumpaleillensa (allative plural)
rumpalinaan (essive singular)
rumpalinansa (essive singular)
rumpaleinaan (essive plural)
rumpaleinansa (essive plural)
rumpalikseen (singular translative)
rumpaliksensa (singular translative)
rumpaleikseen (plural translative)
rumpaleiksensa (plural translative)
rumpalittaan (abessive singular)
rumpalittansa (abessive singular)
rumpaleittaan (abessive plural)
rumpaleittansa (abessive plural)
rumpaleineen (comitative plural)
rumpaleinensa (comitative plural)


sanger

Inherited from Dutch zanger, from Middle Dutch sanger.


tubaist

tubaist (indefinite nominative singular)
tubaists (genitive indefinite singular)
tubaisten (definite nominative singular)
tubaistens (definite genitive singular)
tubaister (indefinite nominative plural)
tubaisters (genitive indefinite plural)
tubaisterna (definite nominative plural)
tubaisternas (definite genitive plural)


rock band

(music) A group of musicians who play rock music.


songer

Perhaps dialectally inherited from Middle English songere, from Old English sangere, from Proto-Germanic *sangwārijaz (“singer”), whence German Sänger, Dutch zanger etc. Equivalent to song + -er. Alternatively newly formed from these components.

If a man who plays at ping pong is a "ponger," Then a singer of a "singsong" is a "songer"; If the "songer" is a singer. Then the "ponger" is a "pinger," And the man who says it's wrong must be a "wronger."

Will he sing it, I wonder?"
"Chantoozie, I ain't much of a songer any more. I just done that because I was told it was a colorful trait."

1976, Katie Lee, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle:

No sound of songers chirping or jumbies, foraging for nuts.

2012, Susan St. Francis, A Tale of the Bug Fairies:

(rare, nonstandard, sometimes humorous) A singer (of songs); a songster.


harper

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-harper.wav

From Middle English harpere, from Old English hearpere (“harpist, harper”), equivalent to harp + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German harpære (“harper”), German Harfer and Harfner (“harper”).

inh

The Harpe. […]
 A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong
 Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge

1568, William Cornishe [i.e., William Cornysh], “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng Henry the VII. His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.”, in John Skelton, edited by J[ohn] S[tow], Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, Imprinted at London: In Fletestreate, neare vnto St Dunstan-in-the-West by Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: Printed for C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, 1736, →OCLC, page 290:

A harpist, especially one who plays a traditional harp without pedals.


harpist

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-harpist.wav

Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.


harpist

nl-noun

harpist m (plural harpisten, diminutive harpistje n, feminine harpiste)

harpisten (plural)
harpistje (diminutive neuter)
harpiste (feminine)


harpist

ro-noun

harpist m (plural harpiști, feminine equivalent harpistă)

harpiști (plural)
equivalent harpistă (feminine)
harpist (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
harpistul (accusative definite nominative singular)
harpiști (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
harpiștii (accusative definite nominative plural)
harpist (indefinite singular)
harpistului (definite singular)
harpiști (indefinite singular)
harpiștilor (definite plural)
harpistule (singular vocative)
harpiștilor (vocative)


harpist

harpist (indefinite nominative singular)
harpists (genitive indefinite singular)
harpisten (definite nominative singular)
harpistens (definite genitive singular)
harpister (indefinite nominative plural)
harpisters (genitive indefinite plural)
harpisterna (definite nominative plural)
harpisternas (definite genitive plural)


corista

ca-noun

corista m or f by sense (plural coristes)


qawwal

2000: Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, et al, eds, World Music: The Rough Guide, volume two of the new edition
What does It mean to be a qawwal?

A person who performs qawwali music or song.


vaudevillian

Harris was born in Richmond, Virginia, on February 9, 1947. His grandparents were vaudevillians, his father was a professional guitarist, and his mother was a leader of the church choir.

1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 322:

(US) Someone who performs in vaudeville.


violist

But those who attack violists shouldn't throw resin. Once the ergonomic viola catches on what instrument will be immune?

1997 August 9, Edward Rothstein, “A Comeback for the Viola. No Joking.”, in The New York Times:

[…] 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:


violist

nl-noun

violist m (plural violisten, diminutive violistje n, feminine violiste)

violisten (plural)
violistje (diminutive neuter)
violiste (feminine)


harpsichordist

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:


choirboy

Coordinate term: choirgirl

Kordic is no choirboy. The tribunal has accused him of crimes against humanity for helping to orchestrate a massive campaign of persecution against Muslims in the Lasva valley in central Bosnia.

2004, Pierre Hazan, Justice in a Time of War, page 108:

puhdas pulmunen (compare puhdas kuin pulmunen)


鋼琴家

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/kŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ kʰim²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/

/kŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰim²⁴⁻²² ka³³/

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