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| act |
a short performance by a musician, comedian, or other entertainer. [1/9 definitions] |
| Albert Schweitzer |
a French physician, musician, and missionary in Africa (b.1875--d.1965). |
| audition |
a performance that tests the ability of an actor, musician, or dancer. [1/3 definitions] |
| booking |
an engagement for the performance of a musician or other entertainer. [1/2 definitions] |
| concertize |
to give solo recitals and concerts, as a musician who tours, performing alone or as a guest artist. |
| drummer |
a musician who plays drums. |
| entertainer |
one who entertains by performance, such as an actress, musician, or comedian. |
| geisha |
a Japanese woman who is trained as a dancer, musician, and conversationalist, and who is paid to entertain and provide companionship for men. |
| harmonist |
a musician who is expert in harmony. [1/2 definitions] |
| Leonardo da Vinci |
an Italian painter, sculptor, engineer, musician, and scientist (b.1452--d.1519). |
| master class |
a small class for very advanced students, esp. a class in musical performance taught by a master musician. |
| minstrel |
a musician and poet who traveled from place to place to entertain people during the Middle Ages. [2 definitions] |
| nonmusician |
combined form of musician. |
| Orpheus |
in Greek mythology, a poet and musician whose music moved even lifeless things and who almost brought his wife, Eurydice, back from the dead, but failed because he turned and looked at her before they reached the upper world. |
| percussionist |
a musician who plays percussion instruments. |
| raga |
any of numerous traditional Hindu melodic patterns, each with specific progressions and rhythms, upon which the musician improvises. |
| sideman |
a musician, esp. in a jazz band, who provides backup to a soloist. |
| treble |
the musician who performs this part or plays this instrument. [1/7 definitions] |
| troubadour |
any wandering musician; minstrel. [1/2 definitions] |
| vibist |
a musician who plays the vibraphone. |
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