Recitalist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who performs in recitals.

    "I visited the Cathedral at Cologne on the Sunday morning and sat in the organ loft with my friend, Professor Hans Bachem, who had given me a welcome on previous occasions and was anxious to come to London as a visiting recitalist at, say, Westminster Cathedral or the Albert Hall."

  2. 2
    a musician who gives recitals wordnet

Example

More examples

"I visited the Cathedral at Cologne on the Sunday morning and sat in the organ loft with my friend, Professor Hans Bachem, who had given me a welcome on previous occasions and was anxious to come to London as a visiting recitalist at, say, Westminster Cathedral or the Albert Hall."

Etymology

From recital + -ist.

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