Lod
Lod , city (1994 pop. 51,200), central Israel. It is also known as Lydda. Its manufactures include paper products, chemicals, oil products, electronic equipment, processed food, and cigarettes. Nearby is Ben-Gurion airport, the nation's chief international airport and the center of its large aircraft industry. The city is a railroad and road junction. Lod was probably of Hebrew foundation and is frequently mentioned in the Bible. It was destroyed (AD 66-70) by the Romans in the Jewish-Roman war and, after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem (AD 70), became the temporary seat of many famous Jewish teachers. Hadrian rebuilt the city and named it Diospolis. It is the traditional home and place of burial of St. George (4th cent.?), England's patron saint, and has a church in his honor. In the 5th cent. it was the seat of a bishop; a synod of bishops met there in 415. Lod was occupied by the Crusaders in 1099, destroyed by Saladin in 1191, and rebuilt by King Richard I (Richard Coeur de Lion) of England. After the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 most Arabs left the city, which was then settled by Jewish immigrants.
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Music man: Classic clavichords crafted in Canton
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 9/29/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...building harpsichords and clavichords and do-it-yourself kits...days Wolff mainly builds clavichords. There have been years he...large, completely built clavichord can cost $15,000 to...he said. For a time, his clavichords were exact copies of original...
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Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide. By Joel...and prominent history, the pedal clavichord is little known today. Its existence...direction. In Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide, Speerstra...
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De Clavicordio II: Proceedings of the International Clavichord Symposium, Magnano, 21-23 September 1995.
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...integrating the sounds of clavichord, piano, harpsichord...specific historical clavichords. Luigi-Fernando...1781 Egidius Heyne clavichord is described by Bernard...calculating string ganges for clavichords. (This paper excited...preferences for various clavichord makers expressed by...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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WOOD INTO MUSIC.(Arts and Literature)(Springfield craftsman builds the early keyboard instrument known as the clavichord)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 8/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...Andrew Lagerquist builds clavichords, a small tabletop...tensioned strings, the clavichord is about as simple...sound board area on the clavichord was huge, and the...by building Swedish clavichords and - to get a more...is one of the best clavichord makers in the world...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Rare clavichord makes history.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/24/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...receivers. One instrument, a clavichord that has been sitting in...builder. Tannenberg also made clavichords, the predecessor of the...curator, found a Tannenberg clavichord in Nazareth, Penn., signed...the oldest known American clavichord," Libin said by phone from...
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Well-Tempered Clavichord; Karen Hudson-Brown at the Smithsonian
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/17/1988; ; 529 words
; You don't hear a clavichord in concert very often, and pianist...the people seated in back: "The clavichord is a very, very soft instrument...Suite on the Augmented Fourth for Clavichord (1985), you have to make an effort...
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 "Morning Call (Allentown, PA)")
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Clavichord from centuries ago is the focus of a new study: Aficionados at symposium are drawn to Tannenberg's creation.
Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA); 7/15/2006; 700+ words
; ...believed to be the only existing clavichord made by the famed organmaker -- and the oldest known American-made clavichord. They listened to the gentle tinkling...keyboard. He presented a paper on the clavichord in Italy last summer. Interest...
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Interior with a Woman at the Clavichord (c.1665) ; GREAT WORKS ++ Emanuel de Witte Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/17/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...painting Interior with a Woman at the Clavichord could hardly be further from Keats...the nearest room, a woman sits at a clavichord. Music is a classic case of steady...after a while, you do notice the clavichord and its player, and you get an extra...
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Harpsichord and Clavichord Music of the Twentieth Century.
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...century repertory for harpsichord and clavichord in her comprehensive, international...600 works for harpsichord and 174 for clavichord. This includes 1,450 solo pieces...All these categories apply to the clavichord repertory as well. No string has been...
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Piano descended from clavichord, harpsichord
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 5/21/2000; 441 words
; ...the instrument had evolved into a clavichord - metal strings vibrated by the strike...1800s. By the end of the 17th century, clavichords, harpsichords and organs were the keyboards...and using a mechanism inspired by the clavichord's string-striking action. By the...
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clavichord
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
clavichord. Small kbd. instr. developed...or chekker . The early clavichord used the same str. to...stopping the str., the early clavichord was known as gebunden...early 18th cent. some clavichords were unfretted ( bundfrei...
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Howells, Herbert (Norman)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...One of few 20th cent. composers to write for clavichord. The pieces in his two major works for it are...Testament (1940); De Profundis (1958).CLAVICHORD: Lambert's Clavichord , 12 pieces (1926–7); Howells...
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piano
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...a descendant of the harpsichord and clavichord . The modern pf. has an iron frame...relevant finger-keys. The first pf. in clavichord shape, known as the square pf., was...previously been occasional overstrung clavichords. 18th-cent. hpds. had...
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Goff, Thomas (Robert Charles)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...d London, 1975). Eng. builder of clavichords, harpsichords, and lutes. Gift of a clavichord in 1932 impelled him to build one. Began...modern concert hall requirements. Adopted clavichord design of Herbert Lambert of Bath.
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Bartolomeo Cristofori
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...carried to the hammer that struck the string. He called it a gravecembalo col piano e forte, or "clavichord with soft and loud." The clavichord was another type of keyboard instrument similar to the harpsichord. The name was soon shortened...
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