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Definition of Clavichords
1. clavichord [n] - See also: clavichord
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clavichords
Literary usage of Clavichords
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"... its prerogative over harpsichords and clavichords in the properties it possessed
of piano and forte. It was thin, according to ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1856)
"Two concertos for two clavichords, with accompaniments for two violins, viola,
... Two concertos for three clavichords, with an accompaniment for four ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"But Virdung tells us that even then clavichords were made longer than four ...
The oldest clavichords extant have no more than two tangents to a note formed ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"There are aunt small clavichords having three keys and tangents to one шг of
strings and others have no more than two tangents to a »otc formed by a pair of ..."
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