celesta – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term celesta in music:

celesta (keyboard instrument)

Language

Italian

Singular

celesta

Plural

celeste

Variants

celestecelestino

Abbreviation

Cel.

Italian musical terms that include celesta:

pedale celeste – celeste pedal (on a piano)
voce celeste – organ stop of 8' pitch with slightly detuned pipes...

Music scores that include celesta:

Franco Alfano: Suite romantica (1910) Page 1
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910) Page 1
Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome (1924) Page 1
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (1892) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to celesta:

autopiano – pianola (self-playing piano)
clavicembalo – harpsichord
claviciterio – clavicytherium (harpsichord with vertically mounte...
clavicordo – clavichord
gravicembalo – harpsichord
hydraulis – water organ
mellotron – mellotron (electro-mechanical keyboard instrument)
muselar – muselar (keyboard instrument in the harpsichord fa...
organo – organ (large musical instrument with rows of pipes...
pianola – pianola (self-playing piano)
regale – regal (small portable reed organ popular in the 16...
virginale – virginals (Renaissance keyboard instrument)