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A harpsichord (Italian: clavicembalo, French: clavecin, German: Cembalo; Spanish: clavecín, Portuguese: cravo, Russian: клавеси́н (tr. klavesín or klavesin), Dutch: klavecimbel, Polish: klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism that plucks one or more ...
Notable makers born in German speaking states who emigrated to other countries are included here, but listed under the color of the building tradition in which they made their name. Harpsichord building was often considered a lesser side job for organ builders, while some few were specialized in either harpsichord or clavichord building. [1]
The New Grove musical dictionary summarizes the earliest historical traces of the harpsichord: "The earliest known reference to a harpsichord dates from 1397, when a jurist in Padua wrote that a certain Hermann Poll claimed to have invented an instrument called the 'clavicembalum'; [1] and the earliest known representation of a harpsichord is a sculpture (see below) in an altarpiece of 1425 ...
This list includes post 19th-century harpsichordists. Notable earlier harpsichordists mostly appear on the list of Baroque composers . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Wolfgang Zuckermann in about 1963. Wolfgang Joachim Zuckermann (11 October 1922 – 30 October 2018) was a German-born American harpsichord maker and writer. He was known for inventing a highly popular kit for constructing new instruments and wrote an influential book, The Modern Harpsichord. As a social activist, he authored books including ...
Pierre Denis I (c.1600 - 1664), son of Jean I. Jean Denis II (1600 - 1672), son of Jean I. He was a practicing organist at the church of Saint-Barthélemy on Île de la Cité (now demolished) [5] as well as instrument maker and was elected as jurés of the instrument makers guild in Paris in 1647. He published in 1643 a practical treatise on ...
Her instrument of choice was a (then) modern design, the Pleyel "Grand Modèle de Concert". The harpsichord was largely obsolete, and seldom played, during a period lasting from the late 18th century to the early 20th. [ 1] The instrument was successfully revived during the 20th century, first in an ahistorical form strongly influenced by the ...
The harpsichord Shudi built for King George III. His harpsichords drew on the Flemish tradition, dominated by Ruckers, whose harpsichords had become extremely prized in the 18th century; he himself owned and hired out two Ruckers harpsichords. The usual specifications for his single-manual harpsichords was 8' 8' or 8' 8' 4' and for his double ...