"cembalist" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1895, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's Magazine - Volume 17, page 384",
          "text": "Ensemble performances were led by the organist or cembalist ; he sat at his instrument, played the “accompaniment,” and directed the performance—now by movements of his head, now perhaps by beating time with one hand.",
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          "ref": "1948, Pierre Van Rensselaer Key, Alfred Human, Musical Digest - Volume 30, page 18",
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          "text": "The position of cembalist was one of equal honor and responsibility.",
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          "text": "For instance, we read that Emanuel was “hired as first cembalist at a salary of three hundred thalers” and that he was: somewhat relieved when Christoph Nichelmann ... was appointed second cembalist in 1744, although this appointment was an occasion for Emanuel's embarrassment: Nichelmann was given a salary twice the size of his.",
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        "An orchestral keyboard player; one who plays piano or harpsichord for an orchestra or ensemble."
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        "(historical) An orchestral keyboard player; one who plays piano or harpsichord for an orchestra or ensemble."
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