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harpsichord
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harp·si·chord
/ ˈhärpsiˌkôrd/
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n.
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.
DERIVATIVES:
harp·si·chord·ist
/ -ist/ n.
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Harpsichords in Tune With the Times
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/28/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...such strong early-music associations as the harpsichord. But harpsichord enthusiasts who gathered this week in Washington...Gees' "Stayin' Alive." It's unconventional harpsichord fare, perhaps, although Angle, 62, says that...
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Harpsichord and Clavichord Music of the Twentieth Century.
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...almost every imaginable combination such as solo harpsichord, harpsichord with MIDI, multiple keyboards (works utilizing 2-6 harpsichords), and miscellaneous instruments and harpsichord (including such exotic instruments as mandolin...
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The Harpsichord and Its Repertoire: Proceedings of the International Harpsichord Symposium, Utrecht 1990.
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...strongly influenced tastes in harpsichord building, buying, and playing...eight-foot sound in Italian harpsichords (as opposed to a combination...and in denigrating German harpsichords (whose builders allegedly...organ rather than a true harpsichord sonority)--some will...
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Modern Harpsichord Music: A Discography.
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...many others as "anonymous harpsichord." Second, simply naming...no clue as to whether the harpsichord is modern or historic. How...readers would know that the harpsichords built by Willard Martin...performances of some 600 harpsichord works seems impressive...
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William Dowd, 86; Crafted Harpsichords The Old-Fashioned Way
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...this century in harpsichord making." Mr...in 1988, his harpsichords were in 26 countries...History. Dowd harpsichords are probably in...references say. A harpsichord he built on commission...he worked on a harpsichord catalogue for...food as he was in harpsichords, Mr. Dowd was...
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A History of the Harpsichord.(Early Music)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...acoustics of the harpsichord (connected with Zuckermann Harpsichords International...centuries of harpsichord making, four...possible number of harpsichords made in areas...history of the harpsichord receives a commendably...
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'Chord Values; A Lincoln harpsichord builder keys in on an old idea
Newspaper article from: Seven Days; 3/19/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...piano hammers, a harpsichord plucks. Pianos...on the string. Harpsichords call for a light...piano eclipsed the harpsichord in the early 1800s...popularity -- harpsichords seized from the...that of a true harpsichord. It wasn't...historically derived harpsichords were built. Hicks...
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GOING FOR BAROQUE; DENTIST TO PERFORM WITH ORCHESTRA ON HARPSICHORD HE BUILT.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 3/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...Dowd was a master harpsichord maker; his instruments...said Donahue. Harpsichords predate the piano...instruments, but as harpsichord keys are played...people (building harpsichords) is that they don...University. He loves the harpsichord's bright, clean...
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A champion of contemporary harpsichord
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/27/2007; ; 610 words
; ...repertoire. "I think it is the harpsichord's characteristic clarity...explains Kroll. "But only good harpsichord composers, aware of the...limitation, write playable harpsichord pieces. The good composers...perform pieces for one and two harpsichords by Francois Couperin, Domenico...
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Heavenly harpsichord in the spotlight at Saturday concert
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 3/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...NOWACKI YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC The harpsichord isn't something John Cozza plays a...beautiful William de Blaise double manual harpsichord has sat in his mother's Yakima living...sound than an instrument copy, the harpsichord works well with a modern chamber orchestra...
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Harpsichord
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...the plectrum. The harpsichord does not have pedals...dies quickly. Large harpsichords were better able to...the dynamics of the harpsichord caused composers who...seems to limit the harpsichord, the instrument also...constructing their own harpsichords. The cases of harpsichords...
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harpsichord
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the late 16th cent., when harpsichord making in the northern countries...Varying the touch in harpsichord playing does not alter the...manual, found on German harpsichords from the late 16th cent...In the 19th cent. the harpsichord, which required frequent...
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harpsichord family
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
harpsichord family (virginals, spinet, harpsichord). The harpsichord is a wing-shaped kbd. instr. in which the str. are plucked mechanically. It was developed during the 15th cent., the earliest surviving example (in the Victoria and...
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lute harpsichord
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
lute harpsichord (Ger. Lautenclavicymbel ). Hpd. with gut instead of metal strs., so-called because of lute-like sound. In 1740 J. S. Bach had one made for his use.
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Art of Playing the Harpsichord
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Art of Playing the Harpsichord ( Couperin). See Art de toucher le clavecin, L’ .
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