How To Use Harpist In A Sentence
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If hiring harpists or a string quartet for the church, ask them (before booking) if they would also play for an hour or so at your reception; they should do this for no extra cost.
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Saturday night, singer Florence Welch's machine consists of a harpist, a dozen backup singers and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, who would accompany all of the artists here tonight - but none to this degree of spectacularity.
Give peace a dance
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Presently they brought the tray of wine which friends doth conjoin and clarified draughts in flagons of gold and crystal and silver, and the host smote with a rattan-wand on the door of an inner chamber, whereupon behold, it opened and out came three damsels, high-bosomed virginity with faces like the sun at the fourth hour of the day, one a lutist, another a harpist and the third a dancer-artiste.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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She has built up an enviable reputation as a harpist.
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Harpist and zitherists as a rule only use the thumb and three fingers.
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In addition to the 24-member chamber ensemble, there are six soloists — two pianists, a harpist and three percussion players, except that one of the latter must be a virtuoso on the cimbalom, a Hungarian dulcimer struck with mallets.
Both Challenging and Cool
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Máire is considered to be one of the world's greatest harpists and a chief exponent of Irish traditional music abroad.
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In what one could call his middle period, he and I used to meet for drinks in the Zanzibar, that pre-Groucho haunt in Covent Garden, or for tea in the vast lounge of the Piccadilly Hotel now the Meridien, where we were often alone except for the harpist plinking away in the middle distance, her large handbag at her feet.
My hero: Victoria Glendinning on John Gross
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His youngest daughter Lily is a classical harpist who helps out with sewing and embroidery.
John Seed: John Frame: The Intuitive
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Two solo harpists are positioned stereophonically on the stage, and surrounded by the impressionistic, spectral sound world of the orchestra.
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On the stand was a whole new group of musicians: harpists, lyrists, players of the flageolet and dulcimer, two men sweating over glockenspiels, a group equipped with zithers and citharas and sitars, three women playing nose-flutes, two men with shofars, and a tall, blond man playing a clarino trumpet.
Pagan Passions
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Her youngest daughter is currently being taught the clarsach by a Scottish harpist.
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As principal harpist here for the past 30 years, Harris has established herself as a leading musician.
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The BSO is also honoring retiring harpist Ann Hobson Pilot with a John Williams commission and an October farewell.
Archive 2009-02-01
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It will include harpists, a soprano soloist accompanied by the flute and spinet and music by Mozart as well as other lesser-known composers.
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Jokes made by altering the letters of a word consist in meaning, not just what you say, but something that gives a twist to the word used; e.g. the remark of Theodorus about Nicon the harpist Thratt’ ei su (’you Thracian slavey’), where he pretends to mean Thratteis su (’you harpplayer’), and surprises us when we find he means something else.
Rhetoric
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It was beautiful, with a special table just for the wedding cake (my friend made along with the tiny bride and groon dolls on the top!!!) .... and I hired a harpist to play at the side of the yard.
Victoria Magazine June 1990, 1994
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A few moments of faulty tuning and uneven articulation aside (not to be confused with the pungent harmonies and piquant effects written into this music), the ensemble's two instrumentalists -- medieval-harpist Constance Whiteside (the group's artistic director) and violinist Craig Resta, who played here on the arrestingly throaty precursor to the violin, the medieval vielle -- both did sterling and vividly atmospheric work.
Armonia Nova's arresting concert of early music at St. Mark's, Capitol Hill
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Cristina Braga, the first harpist of the Symphonic Orchestra of Rio's Municipal Theater, created the event nine years ago, and recruited the renowned classical guitarist Turíbio Santos to serve as its artistic director.
Chris McGowan: Brazil's Coffee Valley Music Festival Draws Crowds to Historic Region
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One of Ireland's leading harpists, Clíona Doris has extensive experience as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician.
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The harpist is talented and quite lovely, but she should get someone to work on the arrangement.
Harp Cover Songs » E-Mail
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After a marathon of popular tunes the harpist allows herself a brief diversion.
Times, Sunday Times
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Fiddler Seán Keane joined the band in 1968, harpist/keyboardist Derek Bell became a full-fledged Chieftain in 1974, bodhrán specialist and singer Kevin Conneff was enlisted in 1976 and flute player Matt Molloy came on board in 1979.
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I will tell you that the place was NOT at all like the Hospitals here in the states, which now include waterfalls, a harpist in the entry, barista's serving lattes, soothing art work everywhere (they look like grand hotels) NO WAY ...... the IMSS hospital was lime-green tile everywhere, highlighted by those nasty fluorescent tube lights and not one sign of creature comfort.
Access to medical specialists at Lakeside
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Laurie Pappajohn, a local harpist, and her group played traditional music of the mystics using medieval Celtic instruments.
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People asked if he knew a harpist or a string quartet and he would find them.
Times, Sunday Times
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The camera pans past a harpist to show the scene through the strings of the harp - and the harpist's strumming hand gives the appearance of caressing Cleopatra's body.
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Of course we were unsure of how well we'd do, but we had a great product and mix of great players including the harpist, Drew Cryer," marimbist Rebecca Shirsat said.
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