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A heavy-framed mid-century harpsichord by the Sperrhake firm. Such instruments were harshly criticized during the 1960s by Zuckermann, who described their sound as feeble and their appearance as tubby, a betrayal of the tradition of beauty seen in historical instruments.
During the 1960s, Kirkpatrick made recordings of the complete harpsichord works of Johann Sebastian Bach (Archiv). The instruments he used for many of these recordings were ones that had recently been made by the firm of JC Neupert in Bamberg. In the 21st century, such instruments have become known as "revival" style instruments, their features ...
It incorporated his recognizable "trademarks," i.e., the harpsichord lead and an accordion but combined them with handclaps and a brisk rock rhythm. "Calcutta" stayed atop the US pop chart for two weeks while the album, with its combination of easy listening tunes and covers of then-popular rock singles, charted at #1 for two weeks, [ 1 ...
Baroque pop (sometimes called baroque rock) is a fusion genre that combines rock music with particular elements of classical music. [1] [4] [5] It emerged in the mid-1960s as artists pursued a majestic, orchestral sound [4] and is identifiable for its appropriation of Baroque compositional styles (contrapuntal melodies and functional harmony patterns) and dramatic or melancholic gestures. [3]
The song's arrangement was dominated by a harpsichord and a bass clarinet, and featured finger-snaps as percussive accompaniment. [1] Actor Ted Cassidy, reprising his "Lurch" voice, punctuated the lyrics with the words "neat", "sweet", and "petite". Mizzy's theme was popular enough to enjoy a single release, though it failed to make the ...
Alan Curtis at home, Florence 2006. Alan Curtis (November 17, 1934 – July 15, 2015) was an American harpsichordist, musicologist, and conductor of baroque opera.. Born in Mason, Michigan, Curtis graduated from studies at the University of Illinois, and received his PhD in 1960 with a dissertation on the keyboard music of Sweelinck.
What primarily distinguishes the spinet is the angle of its strings: whereas in a full-size harpsichord, the strings are at a 90-degree angle to the keyboard (that is, they are parallel to the player's gaze); and in virginals they are parallel to the keyboard, in a spinet the strings are at an angle of about 30 degrees to the keyboard, going ...
a single-manual harpsichord by Thomas Hancock, made in 1720 [6] a walnut bentside spinet by Thomas Hitchcock, dated 1728 [7] a bentside spinet made in 1757 by Sir John Harrison Burnett [8] a finely-decorated double-manual harpsichord by Jacob Kirckman, dating from 1755 [9] a Scottish bentside spinet made in Edinburgh in 1784 by Neil Stewart [10]