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celestaMusical instrument, a keyboard glockenspiel producing high-pitched sounds of glistening purity. It was invented by Auguste Mustel of Paris in 1886 and first used to effect by Tchaikovsky in The Nutcracker ballet (1890). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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she first appeared in Douglas Dunn's Celesta, and was influenced by minimalism and the loft and downtown scenes as well as the landmark Einstein on the Beach by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass. Friday's concert opened with Bartok's ``Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. A Celesta 503 Otoacoustic Emission Analyzer (Madsen Electronics; Taastrup, Denmark) was used to test DPOAEs. |
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