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Definition of Harpsichords
1. harpsichord [n] - See also: harpsichord
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harpsichords
Literary usage of Harpsichords
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... in hi« double harpsichords, was given to the piano. Steibelt, while in England,
instituted the familiar signs for the employment of the pedals, ..."
2. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"... has made for them a limited number of harpsichords which out-rival in a
remarkable manner, both as to quality of sound and the number of pedals, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"8, 1717) praises the instrument and its prerogative over harpsichords and
clavichords in the ... harpsichords ..."
4. A Biblical and theological dictionary by Richard Watson (1832)
"... and he observes that the wood of this tree is still used in Italy and other
places for violins, harpsichords, and other stringed instrumente. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"8, 1717) praises the instrument and its prerogative over harpsichords and
clavichords in the properties it possessed of piano and forte. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"A list of the existing harpsichords by ... harpsichords. The price of a Single
harpsichord, about 1770, was 35 guineas; with Octava (ie Octave string), ..."
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