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1Harpsichord — in the Flemish style Bach s Little Prelude in C major being played on a harpsichord. A harpsichord, also known by the name cembalo, is a musical instrument pla …
2Harpsichord concerto — A harpsichord concerto is a piece of music for an orchestra with the harpsichord in a solo role (though for another sense, see below.) Sometimes these works are played on the modern piano; see piano concerto. For a period in the late 18th century …
3harpsichord — harpsichordist, n. /hahrp si kawrd /, n. a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th …
4Kirkman (harpsichord makers) — The Kirkman family (variants: Kirckman, Kirchmann) were English harpsichord and later piano makers of Alsatian origin.Members of the Kirkman familyJacob Kirkman (4 March 1710 9 June 1792) was born in Bischweiler and moved to England in the early… …
5History of the harpsichord — The harpsichord was an important keyboard instrument in Europe from the 15th through the 18th centuries, and as revived in the 20th, is widely played today. This article gives a history of the harpsichord; for information on the construction of… …
6Folding harpsichord — Two folding harpsichords by Jean Marius, Musée de la Musique, Paris. The instrument on the left is displayed in its folded state. The folding harpsichord was a kind of harpsichord meant for travel. Since it could be folded up into a fairly… …
7Viktor Kalabis — (1923–2006) was a Czech composer.LifeBorn in Červený Kostelec, a town in the Czech Republic, on February 27, 1923, Kalabis was an important 20th century Czech composer. Viktor was interested in music from a young age, but due to the Nazi… …
8Charles Burney — For other people named Charles Burney, see Charles Burney (disambiguation). Charles Burney by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1781 Charles Burney FRS (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian and father of authors Frances Burney and… …
9Constantijn Huygens — (1623) Constantijn Huygens (September 4, 1596 – March 28, 1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens …
10Andrei Volkonsky — Andrei Mikhaylovich Volkonsky also Andrey, André, Mikhailovich, Michailovich, Volkonski, Volkonskiy, etc. Andrei (Russian: Андрей Михайлович Волконский, born: February 14, 1933, Geneva, Switzerland September 16, 2008, Aix en Provence, France) was …
