cembalo
Americannoun
plural
cembali, cembalosnoun
Other Word Forms
- cembalist noun
Etymology
Origin of cembalo
1795–1805; < Italian ( clavi ) cembalo < Latin cymbalum cymbal
Example Sentences
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Each singer made his own, which the maestro al cembalo accompanied with a few simple chords.
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The essential distinction between the cembalo and the spinet was in the manner of tone production.
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During the seventeenth century, sonatas were written for various instruments, with a figured bass for the cembalo.
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My view of Cristofori's invention allows me to think that the Estense "piano e forte" may have been a hammer cembalo, a very imperfect one, of course.
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In the cembalo there was a wooden jack resting upon the end of the keys, and upon this jack a little plectrum made of raven's quill, which had to be frequently renewed.
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