Definition of celesta in English:
celesta
noun sɪˈlɛstəsəˈlɛstə
A small keyboard instrument in which felted hammers strike a row of steel plates suspended over wooden resonators, giving an ethereal bell-like sound.
钢片琴- In the first section we hear a solo harpsichord; in the second, piano layers the harpsichord; and in the third, a celesta and chimes join in.
- From time to time, the unending song, gently driven on by two solo violins, is punctuated by the even rapping of a woodblock and the pretty chiming of a celesta.
- A more sophisticated keyboard metallophone is the celesta.
- Webern's original intention for op.24 was to write a piano concerto, and the preliminary sketches are for a large and colourful orchestra, including mandolin, glockenspiel, celesta, harp and piccolo.
- The first movement's short ‘introduction’ is dominated by a characteristic ‘chiming’ texture, with crotales and celesta.
- She invokes strong rhythms and uses the percussion section effectively throughout the work, including bells, piano, triangle - and celesta.
- It gives you the courage to play celesta, vibraphone, whatever.
- The second movement is even more luscious, with languorous harmony and much lyrical writing for divided strings supported by a shimmering texture of harps and celesta.
- The editor of the volume gives herself the plum job of dealing not only with the great string quartets but also the marvellous Music for strings, percussion and celesta.
- Quaternion for orchestra and piano/celesta explores four different ways of combining the orchestra with the piano (replaced by celesta in the second movement).
- To accompany Oberon, he uses the celesta, the same instrument he connects to Quint in The Turn of the Screw.
- In the middle part of this one-movement work there is some ponderous yet colorful music, that features some very interesting and delicate writing in various passages for reeds, horn and celesta.
- The work is scored for strings (both a string orchestra and a quartet, spatially separated), vibraphones, celesta, bells, and harp.
- It has an often light orchestration, with lots of harp, tinkly percussion, and celesta and even harpsichord (which sounded, to my ears, a bit wrong for a late 19 th-century American salon).
- Virtually the entire score is for piano, sometimes four hands; there are also occasional passages involving electronic effects (principally echo) and others for celesta.
- Percussion plays a major role, particularly what Grainger called ‘tuneful percussion,’ chimes, glockenspiels, tuned gongs, celestas, xylophones, and so on.
- The scoring is for cello soloist, percussionists, celesta, and chamber choir (six sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
Origin
Late 19th century: pseudo-Latin, based on French céleste ‘heavenly’.
Definition of celesta in US English:
celesta
(also celeste)
nounsəˈlestəsəˈlɛstə
A small keyboard instrument in which felted hammers strike a row of steel plates suspended over wooden resonators, giving an ethereal bell-like sound.
钢片琴- It has an often light orchestration, with lots of harp, tinkly percussion, and celesta and even harpsichord (which sounded, to my ears, a bit wrong for a late 19 th-century American salon).
- To accompany Oberon, he uses the celesta, the same instrument he connects to Quint in The Turn of the Screw.
- Virtually the entire score is for piano, sometimes four hands; there are also occasional passages involving electronic effects (principally echo) and others for celesta.
- From time to time, the unending song, gently driven on by two solo violins, is punctuated by the even rapping of a woodblock and the pretty chiming of a celesta.
- The first movement's short ‘introduction’ is dominated by a characteristic ‘chiming’ texture, with crotales and celesta.
- Quaternion for orchestra and piano/celesta explores four different ways of combining the orchestra with the piano (replaced by celesta in the second movement).
- It gives you the courage to play celesta, vibraphone, whatever.
- A more sophisticated keyboard metallophone is the celesta.
- Percussion plays a major role, particularly what Grainger called ‘tuneful percussion,’ chimes, glockenspiels, tuned gongs, celestas, xylophones, and so on.
- In the first section we hear a solo harpsichord; in the second, piano layers the harpsichord; and in the third, a celesta and chimes join in.
- In the middle part of this one-movement work there is some ponderous yet colorful music, that features some very interesting and delicate writing in various passages for reeds, horn and celesta.
- Webern's original intention for op.24 was to write a piano concerto, and the preliminary sketches are for a large and colourful orchestra, including mandolin, glockenspiel, celesta, harp and piccolo.
- The work is scored for strings (both a string orchestra and a quartet, spatially separated), vibraphones, celesta, bells, and harp.
- She invokes strong rhythms and uses the percussion section effectively throughout the work, including bells, piano, triangle - and celesta.
- The editor of the volume gives herself the plum job of dealing not only with the great string quartets but also the marvellous Music for strings, percussion and celesta.
- The second movement is even more luscious, with languorous harmony and much lyrical writing for divided strings supported by a shimmering texture of harps and celesta.
- The scoring is for cello soloist, percussionists, celesta, and chamber choir (six sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
Origin
Late 19th century: pseudo-Latin, based on French céleste ‘heavenly’.