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Organist

noun

A person who plays an organ.

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... of it was built with my own hands, Sister Mary John and I. You don't know her yet; she is our organist, and ...

— Sister Teresa • George Moore

... had entered his twelfth year he happened to overhear two men, in a music store, conversing about a church in the upper part of the city, where the organist was to leave in a few ...

— Choice Readings for the Home Circle • Anonymous

... "When we came West I told myself that I must not allow myself to deteriorate in rough surroundings, and I have made it a rule never to mingle with any but the best, Mr. Disston. My father," impressively, "was a prominent undertaker in Philadelphia, and as organist in a large Methodist church in that city I came in contact with the best people, so you understand," blandly, "don't you, ...

— The Fighting Shepherdess • Caroline Lockhart

... was blushing all down my neck. Then I looked at you between my fingers, and there you were sitting quite cool and cheerful, as if you rather liked it. I think that we shall go to evening-service next week. Papa has given up going altogether since the new organist came. He says ...

— A Duet • A. Conan Doyle

... to make his way when fifteen years old, he supported himself in the Convent School of St. Michael's, at Luneburg, by means of his musical talents. After a short term as court musician at Weimar, he became organist of the New Church at Arnstadt, and here he met the woman who was to be his first wife. Almost the earliest mention of her is made in a report of the consistory, criticizing the young organist for certain breaches of discipline. ...

— Woman's Work in Music • Arthur Elson

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