#instrumentalist__musician__player someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
supertype: performer__performing_artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
member of: musical_organization
subtype: accompanist__accompanyist a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
subtype: bandsman a player in a band (especially a military band)
subtype: bassoonist a musician who plays the bassoon
subtype: bell_ringer__bellringer someone who plays musical handbells
subtype: carillonneur a musician who plays a carillon
subtype: cellist some who plays a violoncello
instance: Pablo_Casals__Casals
subtype: clarinetist__clarinettist a musician who plays the clarinet
instance: Benjamin_David_Goodman__Goodman__goodman__Benny_Goodman__the_King_of_Swing
subtype: flutist__flute_player__fluteplayer someone who plays the flute
subtype: guitarist__guitar_player a musician who plays the guitar
instance: James_Marshall_Hendrix__Hendrix__Jimi_Hendrix Riley_B_King__King__B._B._King Andres_Segovia__Segovia__segovia
subtype: harpist__harper someone who plays the harp
subtype: harpsichordist someone who plays the harpsichord
instance: Wanda_Landowska__Landowska
subtype: jazz_musician__jazzman a musician who plays or composes jazz music
subtype: syncopator a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band); "they called themselves the Dixie Syncopators"
instance: Louis_Armstrong__Armstrong__Satchmo Miles_Dewey_Davis_Jr.__Davis__Miles_Davis Edward_Kennedy_Ellington__Ellington__Duke_Ellington Lionel_Hampton__Hampton__hampton Woodrow_Charles_Herman__Herman__Woody_Herman Thelonious_Sphere_Monk__Monk__Thelonious_Monk Ferdinand_Joseph_La_Menthe_Morton__Morton__Jelly_Roll_Morton King_Oliver__Oliver__Joseph_Oliveer Arthur_Tatum__Tatum__Art_Tatum Thomas_Wright_Waller__Waller__Fats_Waller
subtype: koto_player a (Japanese) musician who plays the koto
subtype: lutist__lutanist__lutenist a musician who plays the lute
subtype: oboist a musician who plays the oboe
subtype: organist a person who plays an organ
instance: Johann_Sebastian_Bach__Bach Albert_Schweitzer__Schweitzer
subtype: percussionist a musician who plays percussion instruments
subtype: drummer someone who plays a drum
subtype: tympanist__timpanist a person who plays the kettledrums
instance: Ringo_Starr__Starr__Richard_Starkey
subtype: xylophonist someone who plays a xylophone
subtype: pianist__piano_player__pianoplayer a person who plays the piano
instance: Frederic_Francois_Chopin__Chopin Karl_Czerny__Czerny Dame_Myra_Hess__Hess Vladimir_Horowitz__Horowitz Jerry_Lee_Lewis__Lewis Franz_Liszt__Liszt Ignace_Jan_Paderewski__Paderewski Sergei_Vasilievich_Rachmaninoff__Rachmaninoff__Sergei_Rachmaninoff__Rachmaninov__Sergei_Rachmaninov__Sergei_Vasilievich_Rachmaninov Anton_Grigorevich_Rubinstein__Rubinstein__Anton_Gregor_Rubinstein Arthur_Rubinstein__Rubinstein__Artur_Rubinstein Artur_Schnabel__Schnabel Rudolf_Serkin__Serkin
subtype: piper__bagpiper someone who plays the bagpipe
subtype: pipe_major the chief piper in a band of bagpipes
subtype: recorder_player someone who plays the recorder
subtype: rhythm_and_blues_musician a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music
instance: Antoine_Domino__Domino__Fats_Domino
subtype: rock_'n'_roll_musician__rocker a performer (or composer) of rock music
subtype: rock_star a famous singer of rock music
instance: Charles_Edward_Berry__Berry__Chuck_Berry William_John_Clifton_Haley_Jr.__Haley__Bill_Haley George_Harrison__Harrison Buddy_Holly__Holly__Charles_Hardin_Holley Michael_Philip_Jagger__Jagger__Mick_Jagger John_Lennon__Lennon Jerry_Lee_Lewis__Lewis Sir_James_Paul_McCartney__McCartney__Paul_McCartney James_Douglas_Morrison__Morrison__Jim_Morrison Elvis_Aron_Presley__Presley__Elvis_Presley Ringo_Starr__Starr__Richard_Starkey
subtype: saxophonist a musician who plays the saxophone
instance: Coleman_Hawkins__colemanhawkin__Hawkins Charles_Christopher_Parker__Parker__Charlie_Parker__Yardbird_Parker__Bird_Parker Lester_Willis_Young__Young__Pres_Young
subtype: singer__vocalist__vocalizer__vocaliser a person who sings
subtype: alto.singer a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
subtype: countertenor a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor
subtype: baritone__barytone a male singer
subtype: basso__bass an adult male singer with the lowest voice
subtype: canary (informal) a female singer
subtype: caroler__caroller a singer of carols
subtype: castrato a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
subtype: chorister a singer in a choir
subtype: choirboy a boy who sings in a choir
subtype: contralto a woman singer having a contralto voice
instance: Marian_Anderson__Anderson Ernestine_Schumann-Heink__Schumann-Heink
subtype: crooner__balladeer a singer of popular ballads
instance: Harry_Lillis_Crosby__Crosby__Bing_Crosby Francis_Albert_Sinatra__Sinatra__Frank_Sinatra
subtype: folk_singer__jongleur__minstrel__poet-singer__troubadour a singer of folk songs
instance: Woodrow_Wilson_Guthrie__Guthrie__Woody_Guthrie Peter_Seeger__Seeger__Pete_Seeger
subtype: hummer a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
subtype: lieder_singer a singer of lieder
subtype: madrigalist a singer of madrigals
subtype: opera_star__operastar__operatic_star singer of lead role in an opera
subtype: diva__prima_donna a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
subtype: rock_star a famous singer of rock music
subtype: songster a person who sings
subtype: songstress a woman songster (especially of popular songs)
subtype: soprano a female singer
subtype: coloratura_soprano__coloratura a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
instance: Maria_Meneghini_Callas__Callas__Maria_Callas Dame_Nellie_Melba__Melba__Helen_Porter_Mitchell
subtype: mezzo__mezzo-soprano a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
instance: Eileen_Farrell__Farrell Jenny_Lind__Lind__Swedish_Nightingale Marta_Brigit_Nilsson__Nilsson__Brigit_Nilsson Jessye_Norman__Norman Mary_Leontyne_Price__Price__Leontyne_Price Beverly_Sills__Sills Dame_Joan_Sutherland__Sutherland__Joan_Sutherland Renata_Tebaldi__Tebaldi Dame_Kiri_Janette_Te_Kanawa__Te_Kanawa__Dame_Kiri_Te_Kanawa Helen_Traubel__Traubel
subtype: tenor an adult male with a tenor voice
instance: Enrico_Caruso__Caruso Placido_Domingo__Domingo__domingo John_McCormick__McCormick Lauritz_Lebrecht_Hommel_Melchior__Melchior__Lauritz_Melchior Luciano_Pavarotti__Pavarotti
subtype: thrush.singer (informal) a woman who sings popular songs
subtype: torch_singer__torchsinger a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs
subtype: voice.singer (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
subtype: yodeller a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)
instance: Pearl_Mae_Bailey__Bailey__Pearl_Bailey Maurice_Chevalier__Chevalier Marlene_Dietrich__Dietrich__Maria_Magdalene_von_Losch Bob_Dylan__Dylan Ella_Fitzgerald__Fitzgerald Judy_Garland__Garland Julio_Iglesias__Iglesias Mahalia_Jackson__Jackson Michael_Joe_Jackson__Jackson__Michael_Jackson Al_Jolson__Jolson__Asa_Yoelson Janis_Joplin__Joplin Riley_B_King__King__B._B._King Sir_Harry_MacLennan_Lauder__Lauder__Harry_Lauder Madonna_Louise_Ciccone__Madonna Robert_Nesta_Marley__Marley__Bob_Marley Dean_Martin__Dino_Paul_Crocetti__Martin Ethel_Merman__Merman Roy_Orbison__Orbison Edith_Piaf__Piaf__Edith_Giovanna_Gassion__Little_Sparrow Paul_Bustill_Robeson__Robeson__robeson__paulrobeson Paul_Simon__Simon Bessie_Smith__Smith Kathryn_Elizabeth_Smith__Smith__Kate_Smith Barbra_Joan_Streisand__Streisand__Barbra_Streisand Sarah_Vaughan__Vaughan Ethel_Waters__Waters Tammy_Wynette__Wynette__Tammy_Wynetter_Pugh
subtype: sitar_player__sitarplayer a musician who plays the sitar
instance: Ravi_Shankar__Shankar
subtype: soloist a musician who performs a solo
subtype: recitalist a musician who gives recitals
subtype: trombonist__trombone_player a musician who plays the trombone
subtype: cornetist__trumpeter a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
subtype: bugler someone who plays a bugle
instance: Louis_Armstrong__Armstrong__Satchmo John_Birks_Gillespie__Gillespie__Dizzy_Gillespie
subtype: violinist__fiddler a musician who plays the violin
instance: Georges_Enesco__Enesco__George_Enescu Stephane_Grappelli__Grappelli Fritz_Kreisler__Kreisler Sir_Yehudi_Menuhin__Menuhin__Yehudi_Menuhin Niccolo_Paganini__Paganini Isaac_Stern__Stern Antonio_Lucio_Vivaldi__Vivaldi__Antonio_Vivaldi Efrem_Zimbalist__Zimbalist Pinchas_Zukerman__Zukerman
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