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- noun Plural form of
timpanist .
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Examples
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I don't know if it's something in the water, or what, but it would seem the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have made something of a speciality of handsome timpanists - this is the previous encumbent - not bad, not bad at all...
Archive 2009-04-01 Imogen 2009
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Extra yum as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have one of the best-looking timpanists I've ever seen.
Archive 2009-03-01 Imogen 2009
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Extra yum as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have one of the best-looking timpanists I've ever seen.
A busy weekend... Imogen 2009
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I don't know if it's something in the water, or what, but it would seem the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have made something of a speciality of handsome timpanists - this is the previous encumbent - not bad, not bad at all...
Bavarian Timpanists! Imogen 2009
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But now everything is hushed as, at "Amen," eight timpanists beat out rhythms at a piano dynamic, eventually fading to pianissimo pp and finally a barely audible triple piano, and the long journey that began in gloomy G minor ends in understated and resigned G major.
NYT > Home Page By JAMES R. OESTREICH 2011
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The score of the Requiem calls for an orchestra of 140 - independent of the 38 brass players in the auxiliary bands, 10 timpanists and other percussionists - and a chorus of 210.
NYT > Home Page By JAMES R. OESTREICH 2011
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Instead they describe themselves by what they play or do, as violinists, flutists, tenors, timpanists, etc.
JSOnline.com 2010
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To make sure he was mentally prepared, he called up timpanists in major American orchestras along the way and asked if he could play for them.
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To make sure he was mentally prepared, he called up timpanists in major American orchestras along the way and asked if he could play for them.
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Over its 40-minute span, Dausgaard unfolded a magical sequence of atmospheres, all underpinned by four timpanists.
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