harpsichord in English

noun
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a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries.
I plan to visit museums where there are early keyboard instruments, either harpsichords or clavichords.
noun
    cembalo

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1. Cembalo definition, harpsichord

2. Josef Tal wrote Concerto for harpsichord & electronic music (1964), Three Compositions for recorder & harpsichord (1966) and Chamber Music (1982) for s-recorder, marimba & harpsichord.

3. And the harpsichord; that was lovely.

4. HARPSICHORD - Cembalo - CLAVECIN - KLAVECYMBEL has 11,878 members

5. What does Cembalo mean? A harpsichord

6. I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.

7. Cembalo definition: → harpsichord Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

8. In fact, the very first typewriter was originally called "the writing harpsichord."

9. Mr Gregory will also perform harpsichord music of the baroque period.

10. There are also 19 harpsichord suites and several variation sets.

11. But Vivaldi pulled it off with just one violin, strings, and a harpsichord.

12. After playing a little on the harpsichord, he asked for a theme.

13. English words for Clave include key, code, clef, harpsichord, cipher, cypher, cembalo and crypt

14. Cembalo is the term for the harpsichord in Italian and several other European languages

15. The structure of a harpsichord, which was an early piano, was hard to comprehend.

16. You need more power to play the piano, but the harpsichord is about precision.

17. "Anachronist" Instruments: Feel: Driving, Dark, Intense, Heavy rock sound with a harpsichord as well

18. By the 16th century, harpsichord makers in Italy were making lightweight instruments with low string tension.

19. One must simply accept these performances at face value and forget about problems of piano versus harpsichord versus clavichord.

20. For example, in their transcriptions of harpsichord pieces the pair have to play what one person would normally play.

21. The first music written specifically for solo harpsichord was published around the early 16th century.

22. The harpsichord comes first in the title, and Boismortier inscribed the keyboard parts with considerable flair.

23. I needed the sound of a harpsichord, celesta to be played along with my 12 string guitar.

24. The downstairs door must also have been open, because I could hear the clatter of the harpsichord mechanism.

25. I sat in the cool, shuttered room and watched the slightly bowed bald head behind the shining black harpsichord.

26. 30 The downstairs door must also have been open, because I could hear the clatter of the harpsichord mechanism.

27. When Cristofori built his pianos of the 1720s, the harpsichord and the clavichord were the usual stringed keyboard instruments.

28. Glinsky received two awards from the Alienor International Harpsichord Competition (1986, 2004), and was a Ucross Foundation Resident Artist in Wyoming.

29. Behind the harpsichord and under the window there was a low glass cabinet which contained two or three classical pieces.

30. 33 (composed 1956, unpublished) Gavotte in E minor for harpsichord, without Opus (composed 1956, unpublished) Morceau for oboe and piano, without Opus (composed 1958, unpublished) Arietta (Andante quasi adagio) in E minor for harpsichord, without Opus (composed 1958, unpublished) Quatrains d'Omar Khayyam for soprano, bariton and string quartet op.

31. As commonly occurs with solo harpsichord and guitar recordings, a reduced volume setting is needed to give the correct aural loudness.

32. Like the harpsichord, the virginals has its origins in the medieval psaltery to which a keyboard was applied, probably in the 15th century.

33. Bach himself did not disdain to transcribe Vivaldi concertos for organ or harpsichord and to borrow fugue-subjects from Legrenzi and Corelli.

34. Motoki Hirai): Arioso in A-flat for solo piano(Adagio from Harpsichord Concerto No.5 in F minor, BWV 1056)(Arioso from Cantata No

35. The Cembalo was the favorite instrument in Italy during the seventeenth century, and in England it had a great currency under the name of harpsichord.

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37. Instruments such as the harp, piano, and harpsichord require a wrench to turn the tuning pegs, while others such as the violin can be tuned manually.

38. The piano was perfected in the early eighteenth century by a harpsichord maker in Italy(though musicologists point out several previous instances of the instrument).

39. Clavier, German Klavier, any stringed keyboard musical instrument in Germany from the late 17th century. The harpsichord, the clavichord, and, later, the piano bore the name

40. The harpsichord with its bright, vigorous tone was the favorite instrument for supporting the bass of the small orchestra of the period and for concert use.

41. Bohuslav Martinů wrote both a concerto and a sonata for the instrument, and Elliott Carter's Double Concerto is scored for harpsichord, piano and two chamber orchestras.

42. Subrandt van Noordt (1660-1705), Sonata in F for flauto solo & b.c., Saskia Coolen – recorder, Pieter-Jan Belder – harpsichord, David van Ooijen – Archlute, Globe 5209, RECORDERS RECORDED

43. Das Cembalo [ˈtʃɛmbalo] (italienisch: claviCembalo, französisch: clavecin, niederländisch: clavecimbel, englisch: harpsichord, spanisch: clavecín, portugiesisch: cravo) ist ein Tasteninstrument, das seine Blütezeit im 15

44. I merely wanted to recreate the aspects of sound in a video form, and excepting the harpsichord, the rest of the pieces of the music were actually apparent in the instrumentation.

45. The concerto is well suited throughout to showing off the qualities of a fine harpsichord and the virtuosity of its player, especially in the lengthy solo 'cadenza' to the first movement.

46. Paul Isom is available on weekdays and weekends for all types of church services, recitals and Accompanimental work of all kinds, including organ and harpsichord continuo, and weddings (both civil and traditional church occasions).

47. チェンバロ(独: Cembalo, 伊: claviCembalo )は、弦をプレクトラムで弾いて発音する鍵盤楽器である。 英語ではハープシコード (harpsichord)、フランス語ではクラヴサン (clavecin) という。

48. In 1788 Hiller presented a performance of his revision with a choir of 259 and an orchestra of 87 strings, 10 bassoons, 11 oboes, 8 flutes, 8 horns, 4 clarinets, 4 trombones, 7 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord and organ.

49. 6 Enrôlement d'Arlequin, comédie por le théâtre de la foire: Arlequinade, L' 3:07 7 Timide, version for solo harpsichord, La (Pièces de clavecin en concerts) 4:02 8 indiscrète

50. In the opening of the film, Cadenza who serves as the castle's court composer is seen playing the harpsichord at the Prince's ball while his wife, Madame de Garderobe who is an well-known opera singer, sings, and their dog FrouFrou watches