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English
Etymology
From pianoforte + -ist.
Noun
pianofortist (plural pianofortists)
- (music) A person who plays the pianoforte.
1834, United States Gazette, quotee, “Drama &c.”, in The Lady’s Magazine and Museum of the Belles-Lettres, Fine Arts, Music, Drama, Fashions, &c., volume IV, number 8, London: J Page, , section “Theatrical and Musical Intelligence”, paragraph “Death of Mr. E. Knight”, page 249, column 2:Mr. E[dward]. Knight completed his musical education in Germany, under the celebrated Ferdinand Ries, and was esteemed an excellent pianofortist and composer.
1976, Fiona Hill , Love in a Major Key, New York, N.Y.: Diversion Books, published 2014, →ISBN:“My love,” he answered, stopping and holding her still before him, “have you not yet perceived how your great-grandmother’s marriage will affect us? When the Countess of Halston marries her butler, no one will even think twice about her great-grand-daughter wedding a pianofortist.”
2002, Valerie King [pen name; Caris Roane], A Rogue’s Embrace (Zebra Regency Romances), New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, page 181:Miss Keele performed first and played exceptionally well, which was not surprising. She was by far a superior pianofortist.
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