celesta

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1. celesta - Noun

2. Celesta - Proper noun

Meaning

a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard

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20th Century American composer Morton Feldman used the celesta in many of his large-scale chamber pieces such as Crippled Symmetry and For Philip Guston, and it figured in much of his orchestral music and other pieces as well. Source: Internet

Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and electric and electronic instruments. Source: Internet

Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and, for 20th and 21st century compositions, electric and electronic instruments. Source: Internet

The celesta is a transposing instrument ; it sounds one octave higher than the written pitch. Source: Internet

Included were recordings of "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and Gershwin on piano; "An American in Paris", from 1927 with Gershwin on celesta; and "Three Preludes", "Clap Yo' Hands" and Someone to Watch Over Me", among others. Source: Internet

In the 1930s, Fats Waller sometimes played celesta with his right hand and piano simultaneously with his left hand. Source: Internet

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