[f. SOLO sb. + -IST.] One who sings or performs a solo or solos.
1864. Realm, 20 April, 8. The soloist was Signor Sivori, who played Mendelssohn’s violin concerto.
1879. Sat. Mus. Rev., 6 Sept., 567. The soloists acquitted themselves thoroughly well.
1890. J. Hatton, By Order of Czar (1891), 328. Presently the soloist paused in his song.
