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German
Etymology
Tonkunst (“music”) + -ler (“-er”), or Ton + Künstler
Pronunciation
Noun
Tonkünstler m (strong, genitive Tonkünstlers, plural Tonkünstler, feminine Tonkünstlerin)
- (dated) composer
- Synonyms: Komponist, Tondichter
2011 May 11, Joachim Riedl, “Schlicht vergessen”, in Die Zeit:Nach einem hässlichen Streit mit dem Damenkomitee der Philharmonic Society, die seine fürstlichen Gagen finanzierte, war der Tonkünstler Gustav Mahler mit Schüttelfrost in sein Hotel am Central Park zurückgekehrt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
:Just mit Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts wird der Komponist vom "Tonsetzer" zum "Tonkünstler" oder "Tondichter" nobilitiert.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)]
- (dated) musician
- Synonyms: Musiker, Musikus
Declension
Declension of Tonkünstler
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