clavicembalo
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Etymology
Origin of clavicembalo
1730–40; < Italian < Medieval Latin clāvicymbalum, equivalent to Latin clāvi ( s ) key + cymbalum cymbal
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These instruments were called bundfrei, “unbound,” in opposition to the clavicembalo, which was called gebunden, or “bound.”
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
They had organs, lutes, viols, lyres, harps, citherns, horns, and a kind of primitive piano known as the clavichord or the clavicembalo.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
N. B.—I send my sister, by him, "6 duetti a clavicembalo e violino," by Schuster.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
To this group belonged the virginal, or virginals, the clavicembalo, the harpsichord, or clavecin, and the spinet.
From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Moore, Aubertine Woodward
This made it possible to use one string for several different notes, and explains why the clavichord or clavicembalo needed comparatively few strings.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
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