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  2. Harpsichord Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 - Wikipedia

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    The Harpsichord Concerto in E major, BWV 1053, is a concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is the second of Bach's keyboard concerto composed in 1738, scored for keyboard and baroque string orchestra. The movements were reworkings of parts of two of Bach's church cantatas composed in 1726: the solo obbligato ...

  3. Harpsichord concerto - Wikipedia

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    The Baroque harpsichord concerto [ edit ] The harpsichord was a common instrument in the 1730s, but never as popular as string or wind instruments in the concerto role in the orchestra, probably due to its relative lack of volume in an orchestral setting.

  4. Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 - Wikipedia

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    The Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052, is a concerto for harpsichord and Baroque string orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach. In three movements, marked Allegro , Adagio and Allegro , it is the first of Bach's harpsichord concertos , BWV 1052–1065.

  5. Concert champêtre - Wikipedia

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    The piece alludes to music of the Baroque period, when the harpsichord was a common instrument, both in terms of its melodic and harmonic language and in its structure. It is for this reason, as well as the plain influence of Stravinsky's music of the same period, that the Concert and its slightly later companion work, the Aubade for piano and ...

  6. Peter Watchorn - Wikipedia

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    Watchorn (2 October 2003) Peter Watchorn (born 30 May 1957 [1]) is an Australian-born harpsichordist who has combined a virtuosic keyboard technique, musical scholarship and practical experience in the construction of harpsichords copied from original instruments of the 17th and 18th centuries.

  7. Les Barricades Mystérieuses - Wikipedia

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    Les Barricades Mystérieuses (The Mysterious Barricades) is a piece of music that François Couperin composed for harpsichord in 1717. It is the fifth piece in his Ordre 6ème de clavecin in B-flat major, from his second book of collected harpsichord pieces (Pièces de Clavecin).

  8. Harpsichord - Wikipedia

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    The harpsichord was widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music, both as an accompaniment instrument and as a soloing instrument. During the Baroque era, the harpsichord was a standard part of the continuo group. The basso continuo part acted as the foundation for many musical pieces in this era.

  9. Trevor Pinnock - Wikipedia

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    Pinnock in December 2006. Trevor David Pinnock CBE (born 16 December 1946 in Canterbury, England) is a British harpsichordist and conductor.. He is best known for his association with the period-performance orchestra The English Concert, which he helped found and directed from the keyboard for over 30 years in baroque and classical music.