Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, a player on the gamba, or viol da gamba.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A performer upon the
viola di gamba . See underviola .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who plays the
gamba
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba
Etymologies
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Examples
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The deft fiddling of a bright new member, Eleanor Bartsch, partnered the fruity bassooning of Cynthia Cameron Fix, with gambist Duncan Pledger and Yount in the continuo roles for two contrapuntal ensemble showpieces by Tarquinio Marula.
unknown title 2009
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The deft fiddling of a bright new member, Eleanor Bartsch, partnered the fruity bassooning of Cynthia Cameron Fix, with gambist Duncan Pledger and Yount in the continuo roles for two contrapuntal ensemble showpieces by Tarquinio Marula.
unknown title 2009
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The deft fiddling of a bright new member, Eleanor Bartsch, partnered the fruity bassooning of Cynthia Cameron Fix, with gambist Duncan Pledger and Yount in the continuo roles for two contrapuntal ensemble showpieces by Tarquinio Marula.
unknown title 2009
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The deft fiddling of a bright new member, Eleanor Bartsch, partnered the fruity bassooning of Cynthia Cameron Fix, with gambist Duncan Pledger and Yount in the continuo roles for two contrapuntal ensemble showpieces by Tarquinio Marula.
unknown title 2009
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The deft fiddling of a bright new member, Eleanor Bartsch, partnered the fruity bassooning of Cynthia Cameron Fix, with gambist Duncan Pledger and Yount in the continuo roles for two contrapuntal ensemble showpieces by Tarquinio Marula.
unknown title 2009
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One of his guiding lights is a treatise published in 1553 by Diego Ortiz, a composer-performer from Toledo, which shows the novice gambist how to embroider a given melody or chord progression with ornaments, variations, and outright inventions.
BrothersJudd Blog 2008
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The music featured will be that of Orazio Bassani, a gambist / composer / improviser of
Progressive Bloggers 2008
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