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| | Clavichord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The clavichord has also gained attention in other genres of music, like rock in the form of the clavinet andmdash which is essentially an electric clavichord which uses a magnetic pickup to provide a signal for amplification. | | | Much of the music written for harpsichord, piano, and organ from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the clavichord; however, it is too quiet to use in any but the smallest ensembles. | | | Today clavichords are played within modern Baroque chamber music groups. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Clavichord
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| | INTRODUCITON AND DESCRIPTION |
| | Guido of Arezzo used the monochord to teach musical intervals. | | | In the mid-nineteenth century, the clavichord finally ceased to be of any importance in the musical world. | | | The unfretted clavichord gave a performer greater technical abilities, but its musical qualities were lacking. |
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http://cfaonline.asu.edu/haefer/classes/564/564.papers/pingreejclavichord.html
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| | Clavichord article from 1962 "House Beautiful" |
| | The gentleness of the clavichord's tone and the identity of its sounds make it admirably suited to the works of Corelli, the Scarlattis, and Vivaldi--all composers of dance-suite counterpoint, light graceful music as exquisite in its miniatureness as the clavichord. | | | While the harpsichord and organ were for concerts and mass appeal, the clavichord was for the personal enjoyment of the musician with sensitive musical taste. | | | This comprises virtually all the music written strictly for the clavichord, but, of course, virginal and harpsichord music, which is unlimited, can be played successfully on it. |
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/clav1962.htm
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| | Thomas Goff and his Clavichords - report |
| | Certainly the extraordinary sustain of his clavichords, in which the sound actually seems to swell for a while after the note has been struck, is their most obvious musical characteristic. | | | The long sustain of Goff clavichords is achieved at some sacrifice of overall volume of sound; nonetheless, in the tranquil surroundings and favourable acoustic of Magdalene College Hall audibility was surprisingly good. | | | There is, however, one difference: the sound of Goff clavichords is extraordinarily beautiful, indeed almost too exquisite, whereas early and mid-twentieth-century harpsichords, even in their own time, were criticised for wiry, clattery, unattractive sound. |
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http://www.bcs.nildram.co.uk/goffrep.htm
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| | A Way to Hear Bach Intimately, if Barely |
| | But a clavichord key — or rather, the metal "tangent" implanted in it — touches the string directly. | | | One Bach student--Agricola--reported that Bach liked to play his solo violin music on the clavichord. | | | Troeger has since made clavichord recordings of Book 2 of "The Well-Tempered Clavier," "The Art of Fugue," the English and French Suites, various other suites, fantasias and fugues, and transcriptions of Bach's solo violin works. |
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http://homepages.kdsi.net/~sherman/Bachonclavichord.htm
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| | GMCD 7232 Masterworks for Clavichord |
| | The clavichord is perfectly suited to the expressive character of these pieces and would have been an acceptable, even expected alternative choice of instrument in Bach& own time. | | | It is appropriate to perform Bach& keyboard music on the clavichord, even when the scale of a work seems to suggest a more powerful and extravert instrument. | | | The instrument takes on some of the characteristic inflections and modulations of the human voice, an ideal instrumentalists have aimed at throughout the history of western music. |
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| | clavichord on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The clavichord was musically important from the 16th until the end of the 18th cent. | | | Discs Etc: Music CDs: CLASSICAL: Bach The Secret Bach: Works for Clavichord - Hogwood METRONOME flying dutchman/bmg.(Features) |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c1/clavicho.asp
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| | clavichord -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Unlike the piano, the strings of the clavichord run at a right angle to the keyboard, which is attached to one of the lengthwise sides of the box. | | | Its shape is oblong, and its sound is produced by a piece of metal striking the strings. | | | Its sound is produced by a piece of metal... |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024260
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| | The Clavichords of Haydn and C.P.E. Bach |
| | No doubt Haydn continued to play and improvise on the clavichord as he had done all his life, but I suggest the main use he had for it at this late date was as an aid to composing large works for voices and orchestra. | | | How interesting it would be, though, to hear Haydn's keyboard music on a mid-eighteenth-century Viennese clavichord, like the one sold at Sotheby's in 1993. | | | I would suggest, though, that it is probably wrong to think of it as the one ideal medium for interpreting Haydn's clavichord music, as |
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http://www.bavington.nildram.co.uk/bachaydn.htm
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| | Making a clavichord after NM 264.785 in the Musikmuseum |
| | In the evening we enjoyed a little concert by Mikko Korhonen who improvised on Bengt-Olof Sahlins Specken clavichord from 1979, the first clavichord built on Marholmen, together with Mikko Korhonen's own reconstruction of a medieval clavichord in Pythagorean tuning, based on a description and diagram of Henri Arnaut de Zwolle. | | | The front edges of the accidentals were all fret-sawn a bit in back of the naturals. | | | Evening concert with Mikko Korhonen who played Ragnar Köhlin's Specken clavichord. |
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http://www.tabulatura.com/clavcho.htm
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| | Clavichord recordings - Dr. Bradley Lehman - seeking publication |
| | It is intended for a broad audience: anyone who knows these hymns and chorales, the clavichord, or the related sounds of dulcimer, harpsichord, guitar, or organ. | | | Carl Fudge clavichord similar to the one used in this recording | | | This project is intended for publication either as a single extended-length CD (most likely), or as a two-volume set. |
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/clav.htm
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| | CBH The Clavichord |
| | Larger clavichords have individual pairs of strings for each note, and offer the greatest harmonic freedom: These are called Unfretted clavichords and are noble instruments which work well for the spirited music of Bach& sons, and for much early piano music. | | | With 61 notes (five octaves), for example, you cover all of Mozart, and believe it or not, all of Beethoven& keyboard music to 1801. | | | We know it as the Pianoforte or just Piano for short—which is a silly name for such a loud instrument: It would be much more sensible for something which can be successfully pitted against a 110-piece modern symphony orchestra to be commonly known as the Forte! |
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http://www.hpschd.nu/clav.html
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| | Clavichord |
| | In some parts, the clavichord is a sign of wealth such as its modern relative, the piano. | | | It is primarily used for vocal accompaniment and is rarely used in concert ensembles being used most often for private entertainment at home and practicing. | | | Both Bach and Beethoven will write a great deal of music for this clavichord. |
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http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Town/Music/Clavichord.html
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| | HOME |
| | Sunday, Jan. 8, the Loring Greenough House, music of the Salzburg Court, on Clavichord, 1796 square piano and with the Delight Consort. | | | SEHKS-MHKS Annual Conclave, Shorter College, Rome Georgia March 7-9, 2006 on Music of Mozart -- opening concert Contrapuntal music in the Imperial Court of Vienna, on clavichord | | | Friday, December 16th, Abington UCC -- Christmas Carol Concert on the 1890 Hutchings |
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| | Composing for the clavichord |
| | The following list of currently available clavichord CDs includes principally Baroque and early classical music, but it is still a useful listening guide to styles in both clavichord composing and performing; for reviews of these discs see the article in the BCS International Clavichord Directory (2001; reprint forthcoming). | | | Like other quiet instruments (for example, the lute) the clavichord's tone seems to emerge from silence in a way that differs from the harpsichord or even piano. | | | It has also been used in ensemble with flute, violin or voice, and there is a small but important repertoire for two clavichords. |
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http://www.bcs.nildram.co.uk/guide.htm
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| | Clavichord Quotes |
| | Without a clavichord technique it is almost as hard to judge a clavichord as a violin under comparable circumstances. | | | In a world of high-decibel music, lacking the stentorian tones of the grand piano, and the lung-power of the organ, it can never assist at the celebration of High Mass, or clamour at the fall of nations in a symphony, or commemorate the rise of Napoleon in a concerto. | | | Taken from the liner notes by Miklós Spányi on the wonderful CD Klänge der Nacht, Miklós Spányi, clavichord, Benedek Csalog, baroque flute. |
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http://www.harpsichord-sd.com/clavichord/quotes.html
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| | Clavichord-Music on CD |
| | Fabio Biondi (Violin) and Sergio Ciomei (Clavichord): Michele Mascitti, Psyché, op.5, Nr.12 (1714), Recording 2002, P 2003 | | | Albrecht Maurer (Violine), Meike Herzig (recorders) & Ludger Singer (wing-shaped Clavichord [L.Singer, Freiburg Brsg., 1980] and Didgeridoo), Recording 2000, P 2001 | | | German Clavichord Music, Clavichord (K. Richter, [Mayfield/Sussex], 1986), Recording 1994, P 1995 |
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| | Why the Swedish Clavichord? |
| | I will go as far as to say that these late Swedish clavichords are the most dynamic and the most musically versatile clavichords I have encountered. | | | Their musical qualities more than justify their great size, and I truly hope they are coming into their own with the recognition they deserve. | | | In the area of tonal refinement, I am still absorbing the wonders of what it is capable of. |
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http://www.swedishclavichords.com/whyswedish.html
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| | Harpsichord and Clavichord |
| | We are an early music shop specializing in recorders, crumhorns, viols da gamba, harpsichords, clavichords, sheet music and accessories, featuring Dovehouse Editions and Loux Music Publications. | | | New recordings of clavichord music; seeking label for publication | | | Professional Piano Products - Piano, Harpsichord, Clavichord and other instrument care at its best! |
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| | Clavichord World |
| | Developing a musical relationship with the clavichord, whether player or listener, will bring you back to a quieter, saner and more exquisite world. | | | Jiri Kipecky demonstrates his virtual clavichords, in which he sames the sounds of clavichords from CDs and creates a very compelling synthesis. | | | Included are a number of examples in which Jiri improvises based on melodies of Czech Advent tunes from the 14th through 16th centuries. |
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http://www.harpsichord-sd.com/clavichord/index.html
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| | Paul Simmonds (Pedal Clavichord) : Music on the Web (UK) |
| | His programme included pieces by Pachelbel, Walter and Kittel, with a chorale partita by Bach Sei gegrusset and, to finish, his ever popular Toccata in D minor BWV 565 which, Simmonds explained, is now believed to have been composed by Bach, but for the violin, not the organ! | | | Information about the British Clavichord Society and these CDs is available from | | | It takes a little time to adjust to the low dynamic level, but you quickly realise that the instrument can play loud or soft within that scale. |
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/SandH/Oct99/simmonds.htm
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| | BCS Awards for Clavichord Composition |
| | Entries were judged for their musical quality and invention and for demonstrating the composer‘s appreciation of the clavichord‘s limitations and an idiomatic use of its strengths. | | | Awards were presented at a Celebration of New Music for the Clavichord on Sunday, 29 August 2004, at St Cecilia‘s Hall, Edinburgh, when three of the winning compositions were performed in full and the others were presented with extracts. | | | The purpose of this competition (which we believe to be a world-first) was to encourage the writing of 21st-century music for the clavichord. |
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| | Contents of BCS Newsletters Nos. 1-31 |
| | Review: Clavichord CDs by Miklós Spányi (PHI CD 95004 and 95005) Paul Simmonds | | | ‘Playing the Eighteenth-Century Clavichord’ by Paul Simmonds is in Newsletters 22, 24, 27 and 29 (and continues). | | | Clavichord Music before 1700: Some suggestions for reading and repertoire Derek Adlam |
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| | ICMC'2000 Paper on Clavichord Synthesis |
| | The characteristic knock terminating tones played by the clavichord is reproduced by triggering a sample that is separated from a recorded tone. | | | Sibelius Academy, Centre for Music and Technology, Helsinki, Finland | | | The full sound of the clavichord synthesizer with all its components is now heard. |
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| | Clavichord |
| | centuries, music written for keyboard instruments were played on the clavichord, or the harpsichord family, such as the spinet and virginal. | | | The first reports of the existence of the clavichord are from the beginning of the 15 | | | century, gave the musician's view of the clavichord in 1760. |
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| | Unfretted Clavichord |
| | Unfretted clavichord made by John Bright, London Ontario. | | | The case, lid and stand veneered in rosewood. |
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| | New Page 1 |
| | After repairs were made, the instrument sounded and played just as well, if not better, than it had originally! | | | My instruments are entirely custom made to suit my customer's needs and desires. | | | In their basic form my harpsichords are complete; the options page pertains to decorative items, stands, benches and accessories. |
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| | Jack Peters Harpsichords |
| | Clavichords at the Boston Early Music Festival 2003. | | | I feel strongly that the true musician should seriously explore the Clavichord since it is so challenging to play well. | | | I am passionate over small extrovert Italian instruments which are easy to maintain and move about. |
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| | Discovery of who made old clavichord excites scholars (phillyBurbs.com) Pennsylvania News |
| | NAZARETH, Pa. - A label found inside a clavichord that has sat in a museum here for 82 years indicates that it was made by David Tannenberg in June 1761, a discovery that excites music scholars. | | | The label on the clavichord says Tannenberg made it in Bethlehem. | | | The clavichord is the only one of Tannenberg's stringed instruments to be identified, and it's the only piece he built known to bear his signature, Dreydoppel said. |
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-01172005-433749.html
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| | British Clavichord Society |
| | We are preparing a series of publications (including clavichord music and a clavichord tutor) and already have a well-stocked mail-order shop for books, music and CDs - this is open to non-members too. | | | Clavichord recital by Neil Coleman, preceded by the BCS AGM. | | | to send us an e-mail: please include the word ’clavichord’ in your message title. |
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| | How to build a clavichord |
| | It is, dare one say it, a WONDERFUL clavichord. | | | I found him delightful, and he played the devil out of my instruments without whimpering about differences among octave spans or nano-irregularities in regulation. | | | The lid already has a preliminary oil finish, which will have no practical negative impact on the process of doing a motto. |
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| | The VII International Clavichord Symposium of Magnano is now accepting proposals |
| | Proposals for performances should include a programme of twenty minutes of music, and proposals for the exhibition of instruments should include all pertinent information on the copy or original to be displayed. | | | The VII International Clavichord Symposium, organized by Musica Antica a Magnano - International Centre for Clavichord Studies, will be celebrated in Magnano, Italy, from 7 to 10 September 2005 under the title 'The Clavichord and the Lute'. | | | The planning committee is now accepting proposals for papers with a preference for topics on clavichord and lute. |
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http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/news/italie/2004/05/22169.php
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| | Clavichord |
| | And was a predecessor in the piano family of the modern piano as we know it now. | | | The clavichord is the oldest form of stringed keyboard instrument. | | | Guitar Playing Made Easy, daily, weekly, beginner and PRO |
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| | Andrew Lagerquist |
| | His large clavichords after Lindholm-Söderström were prominently featured at the 2001 Boston Early Music Festival. | | | His clavichords have been performed on in concert by Richard Troeger, Richard Fuller, Mikko Korhonen, and Pekka Vapaavuori. | | | Since 1990 he has been on his own pursuing instrument building, instrument repair, and concert tuning in the San Francisco area. |
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| | German Clavichord |
| | On this sort of instrument music containing any dissonance in any key could be performed. | | | It is the only stringed keyboard instrument on which the fingers are able to modulate the strings' pitch and dynamic levels in a manner analogous to the violin or lute. | | | As with other instruments, the range and sophistication of the clavichord gradually grew as the music demanded more of it until, in the late 18th century, instruments of very large range with discrete pairs of strings for each key (unfretted) became the norm. |
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| | The Boston Clavichord Society |
| | The Boston Clavichord Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of the clavichord and its music. | | | *Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940), one of the pioneers of the early music revival, made harpsichords, clavichords, and other instruments as director of a special department at the Chickering and Sons piano factory on Tremont Street in Boston between 1905 and 1910. | | | The clavichords, patterned after a Christian Gotthelf Hoffman instrument of 1784 now in the Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments, are especially fine and are today prized by collectors. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Clavichord |
| | Clavichord, the oldest form of stringed keyboard instrument, and a predecessor of the piano. | | | The clavichord was popular from the 1400s to the early... | | | Become a subscriber today and gain access to: |
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| | RWC designs and manufacture, for historical performance, a wide range of faithful reproductions of mediaeval, renaissance and baroque musical instruments from, keyboards (clavichords, harpsichords, spinets…) and stringed instruments (fiddles, lutes, viols…) to windcaps (crumhors, cornamusen...) | | | The Renaissance Workshop Company Ltd. (RWC) is the world’s largest specialist manufacturer of early music instruments, all based on existing originals or relevant iconography and are handmade by a small team of dedicated craftsmen who have many years experience. |
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| | Maurici Piano and Harpsichord |
| | I build, repair and restore Harpsichords, Fortepiaonos and Clavichords as well as tune and service modern pianos. | | | I am well aware that there are many people who would love to own a handcrafted instrument but the price is just out of their reach. | | | Virtually all the parts that go into my pieces are hand made using materials that match closely those used on the original instruments. |
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| | How to build a clavichord |
| | And in passing, there are quite a few iron remnants on some of the other Lisbon clavichords, which Doderer ascribes to the muddle-headed meddling of 19th-century piano-tech repairers/"restorers," but one wonders. | | | And remember that with a pairwise-fretted instrument the net tensions will be not much greater than half of those on my own big [unfretted] clavichord. | | | Either we'll be at around 440, with a crossover to iron somewhere around c", or we'll rationalize the scale and string all in brass at around 415. |
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| | PETER BAVINGTON CLAVICHORDS |
| | You have reached the homepage of Peter Bavington, Clavichord Maker. |
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| | Harpsichord by Zuckerman |
| | A harpsichord is more than simply an instrument upon which one makes music; it is also a decorative object, a visual as well as an aural feast. | | | Our superior-quality harpsichords, clavichords, spinets and virginals are closely based on the best extant antiques from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. | | | We seek not to copy them as much as to recreate their baroque and early-classical motifs. |
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| | Mario's Fretted Clavichord |
| | And, to this respect, no keyboard instrument beats the clavichord. | | | And so I got hold of the drawings of a Swedish instrument dated 1732 (Anders Wahlstrom. | | | After havingbuilt a virginal, my first keyboard instrument, I started to realize the importance (and the pleasure...) of playing on a sensitive keyboard, that 'feels' and responds to the touch. |
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