virginals
- plural of virginal.
Example Sentences
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Vermeer's the Music Lesson aka A lady at the virginals with a gentleman.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2012
A motley sisterhood of keyboard instruments — virginals, clavichords, harpsichords — squat on platforms and tables.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2010
The royalty checks helped Mr. Hogwood build up an already formidable musical library of historical instruments, including clavichords, spinets, virginals and fortepianos.
From Washington Post
Fired with enthusiasm, he began to collect viols, lutes, virginals and other old instruments, studied their construction and taught himself how to play them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Likewise the keyboard music of sixteenth-century English composers Thomas Tallis, William Byrd and John Redford, which was originally intended to be sung, was soon adapted, by them and others, into music tailor-made for the virginals.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
