| 单词 | clavichord |
| 例句 | Fernanda's opposition lasted until the day when Meme broke down her resistance with the news that the Americans wanted to hear her play the clavichord. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z During the boredom of her abandonment her only distractions were the clavichord lessons at siesta time and the letters from her children. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They spoke in whispers, ate in silence, recited the rosary three times a day, and even clavichord practice during the heat of siesta time had a funereal echo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z While the others were taking their siestas she would practice the clavichord for two hours, knowing that the daily sacrifice would keep Fernanda calm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Every year for two months Aureliano Segundo played his role of an exemplary husband and he organized parties with ice cream and cookies which the gay and lively schoolgirl enhanced with the clavichord. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Bach was writing at a time of great technological change, as harpsichords and clavichords were giving way to fortepianos, a shift that allowed composers to develop new means of expression. Listen to Keyboard Music by Bach (No, Not That One) 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The royalty checks helped Mr. Hogwood build up an already formidable musical library of historical instruments, including clavichords, spinets, virginals and fortepianos. Christopher Hogwood, conductor who gave new drive to classical warhorses, dies at 73 From the start, liquidity was a keyboard ideal, and an ocean of music evoking water has been written over the centuries for harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano and modern grand. The natural elements prove a breeze for Vicki Ray's Piano Spheres recital at REDCAT 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Ms. Toth discussed the differences in touch and sound production on the harpsichord and clavichord from those of the piano, and amateur performers who attended were able to play a bit themselves. Artek Celebrates the German Harpsichord 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z A Clavinet looks like an electric keyboard, but it is an electro-mechanical string instrument originally developed for the performance of classical harpsichord and clavichord music. Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition," 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Technological change is in fact the subject of your favorite page, the middle page of a rondo that Bach wrote in 1781 as a farewell to his long-serving clavichord. Listen to Keyboard Music by Bach (No, Not That One) 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Rodney, the protagonist of “Early Music,” purchases an antiquated clavichord that will financially ruin his family. Jeffrey Eugenides’s Short Stories Salvage Wit From Life’s Grind 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z One may be 47 percent bassoon and 53 percent clavichord. How A.I. Is Creating Building Blocks to Reshape Music and Art 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z A motley sisterhood of keyboard instruments — virginals, clavichords, harpsichords — squat on platforms and tables. Metropolitan Museum?s Western Instruments, in a Shinier Home 2010-03-11T23:20:00Z She finds new textures in her voice, and its acrobatics are less flashy and more delicate, against an intricate world conjured up out of harps, music boxes and the clavichord. Björk: where to start in her back catalogue 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z And how he ties it all together, from the clavichord to the harpsichord to the piano. Virginia Musical Museum reflects history of instruments 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s got everything we associate with the boy Wonder’s best material – hook after hook, a funky clavichord, a harmonica solo. Beatles cover versions: 10 of the best 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The 1840s Cambridge house in which he lived was filled with books, watercolours and an impressive collection of musical instruments, predominantly clavichords, both original and period reproductions. Christopher Hogwood obituary 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z If you play an instrument — whether clarinet or clavichord — you’ve played a Beatles song. Need to be convinced Ringo was a good drummer? Try playing Beatles music. The pedal is just as much a part of the pianoforte as are the stops and the couplers a part of the organ or the brass tangents a part of the clavichord. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z After the introduction or invention of the keyed dulcimer or clavichord, and of the spinet, the word clavicymbal was used in the Romance languages to denote the varieties of spinet and harpsichord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z He continued to take lessons in drawing, dancing, riding, and music, and commenced learning the clavichord. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z His love of the clavichord was evident in his "Secret" series: Secret Mozart, Secret Bach and Secret Handel. Christopher Hogwood obituary 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z A friend smuggled a clavichord into the attic, and on this instrument, which is inaudible behind a closed door, the little boy practised secretly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Even were this possible, the clavichord is an instrument which is out of date, though the music of Bach is still a part and parcel of the musical literature of to-day. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z These were followed in the seventeenth century by the clavichord, the favourite instrument of Bach. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z "Skittles," indeed, was as it were the word of dismissal, and the suggestion nearly spoiled the proposal made by another guest that after dinner they should have a song from Fräulein Fruzsinka on the clavichord. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Shylock’s Bridge: they show you Shylock’s house in the old market place by the Rialto Bridge. vi., clavichord, a keyed and stringed instrument, not now in use, being superseded by the pianoforte. viii., dominant’s persistence. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Her harp and clavichord supplied her with endless combinations, and these, in the opinion of Ormond, were not inferior to the happiest exertions of Handel and Arne. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z The clavichord had a very short sound, resembling in a way the staccato touch on the present-day piano, whereas the organ was and is capable of a great volume of sound of sustained quality. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z The harp with which David stirred the dead soul of Saul was the prototype of the sweet clavichord, the romantic virginal, the tinkling harpsichord, and the grand piano. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Meanwhile, Fräulein Fruzsinka remained at the clavichord alone with Mathias Ráby, who from his knowledge of music could turn over for her at the right moment. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z IN Bach's time many embellishments were used in playing the clavichord. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z The best known among the group of instruments to which the clavichord belongs are the spinet and the harpsichord. Springtime and Other Essays One may have the clavichord in mind in playing one piece and the organ in mind in playing another. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z These were followed in the seventeenth century by the clavichord, the favourite instrument of Bach. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z At first a few of the guests loitered round the clavichord, at which Fräulein Fruzsinka, with her really sweet voice, was commencing a ditty. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z A violoncello and clavichord, with several portfolios of music and scattered sheets of ruled paper, proclaimed the profession or the taste of the occupant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 I think that Browning’s musician who “played toccatas stately at the clavichord” must have performed on one of the last-named instruments. Springtime and Other Essays There can be nothing wrong about that, but to transform the modern pianoforte, which has distinctly specific tonal attributes, into a clavichord or into an organ must result in a tonal abuse. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Musical literature was scanty; the principal instruments were the lute, the mandolin, the clavichord, and the virginals. Women of England The pianoforte was directly evolved from the clavichord and the harpsichord. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 The clavichord, derived from the dulcimer by the addition of a keyboard, consisted of a rectangular case, with or without legs, often very elaborately ornamented with paintings and gilding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" This development was furthered by the perfecting of two groups of instruments: The violins, by the great Italian masters; and those precursors of our modern pianoforte, the harpsichord, clavichord and spinet. Music: An Art and a Language It is artistically impossiblePg 86 to so camouflage the tone of the pianoforte as to make it sound like either the organ or the clavichord. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Next in order of development comes the monochord, clarichord, or clavichord, the latter being the name by which it is generally known. How the Piano Came to Be After a minuet had been paced to the gentle music of the lute and clavichord, a schottische succeeded to the martial skirl of the pipes. Border Ghost Stories The tone of the clavichord, extremely sweet and delicate, was characterized by a tremulous hesitancy, which formed its great charm while rendering it suitable only for the private music room or study. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" And do you know that we inherited that clavichord? The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution You cannot possibly make a piano sound like a clavichord through any medium of touch or pedals. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z He did not take kindly to the piano which was about to supplant his beloved clavichord. How the Piano Came to Be There is a clavichord in the panelled room, and we will leave the garden door open in order to hear the music. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg But during this visit the Marchesa saw "the beautiful and perfect clavichord" which he had made for Beatrice, and vowed to leave no stone unturned until she had obtained a similar one. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 She was very well accompanied on the clavichord by Miss Rutteledge and on the harp by Monsieur Ottow, Secretary to the French Minister. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution The clavichord followed in due course, and by a rapid process of development regals, organs, and virginals evolved. Chats on Household Curios In playing the music written by Bach we must remember that he wrote entirely for the clavichord. How the Piano Came to Be A lesser artist might have endeavoured to amplify the chords, but Wilhelmine played her accompaniment in thin arpeggios, making the clavichord sound like a stringed instrument, and achieving a charming effect. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The choicest ebony and ivory, the most precious woods and delicate strings were sought out by him; the best scholars supplied him with Greek and Latin epigrams to be inscribed upon his organs and clavichords. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Anderson sat on the music-stool before the clavichord turning over the pages of a volume that rested on the rack. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution My lady hath a pair of fine toned clavichords, and a mandoline that stands five feet high; the largest in England, except that of the Lady Mary Dudley. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 At a later period the clavichord was copied by the Germans and Belgians. How the Piano Came to Be The strange howls of this unearthly instrument filtered through the sound of pianos, harpsichords, psalters, clavichords, virginals and three gigantic electric organs pumping at full strength. Pagan Passions Mozart, when but four years old, played the clavichord and composed minuets and other pieces still extant. Pushing to the Front She deserves credit for making a remarkable collection of old clavichord and piano music, and writing a clear summary of the terms and abbreviations employed by the early musicians. Woman's Work in Music One gave him lessons on the violin in the morning, and the other took him to a tavern where there was a clavichord and made him play all the afternoon. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The virginal, spinet, and harpsichord followed the clavichord in rapid succession, considering that the last named instrument had been in favor for such a long time, with seemingly no attempt at improvement. How the Piano Came to Be The Italians called an instrument with a 'jack' action like the virginal by the name clavichord. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries The clavichord was one of the immediate predecessors of the piano, much of the music written by Bach being composed for it, although this music is now played on the modern piano. Music Notation and Terminology Her ability as a performer on the clavichord was something remarkable, and she left behind her a number of works for her instrument. Woman's Work in Music It is plain that the virginals, or virgin's clavichord, was very far from holding the rank among musical instruments which the piano now possesses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. This dissertation closes as follows: "In order to judge a virtuoso, one must listen to him while at the clavichord, not while at the piano or harpsichord." How the Piano Came to Be They had organs, lutes, viols, lyres, harps, citherns, horns, and a kind of primitive piano known as the clavichord or the clavicembalo. The Age of the Reformation Only on the clavichord was a blow delivered directly against the string, and, as has already been said, only on that instrument was the dynamic shading regulated by the touch. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art It is not a matter of wonder that the lovers of the harpsichord and clavichord did not take kindly to the piano-forte at first. Great Violinists And Pianists In France, many of the earliest clavichord pieces were of the programme type, and even in Germany, where instrumental music ran practically in the same groove with church music, the same tendency showed itself. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Bach, however, was never convinced that any instrument was equal to his beloved clavichord. How the Piano Came to Be It was originally a progressive growth from the ancient lyre, through the harp, psaltery, dulcimer, clavictherium, clavichord, virginal, spinet, harpsichord, to the piano of Christofali in the early years of the last century. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made It is to the special fondness which Bach felt for the clavichord that we owe, to a great extent, the cantabile style of his music, its many-voicedness and its high emotionality. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art David and Caroline disappeared in the direction of the clavichord, from which sounded some scattered, perfunctory measures. The Three Black Pennys A Novel This made it possible to use one string for several different notes, and explains why the clavichord or clavicembalo needed comparatively few strings. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University He makes it as living and penetrating as the violin, as responsive and elusive as the clavichord. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory The back room was filled with musical instruments—there were two harpsichords, a clavichord and an organ, and Mr. Innes insisted on explaining these instruments to him. Evelyn Innes The instruments for which the first group of writers down to Haydn and Mozart wrote, were the immediate precursors of the pianoforte—the clavichord, spinet, or virginal, and harpsichord. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art Against the wall a clavichord, set aside as obsolete, raised its dusky red ebony box on grooved legs. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The connecting link between the harpsichord, the clavichord, and the piano, was the dulcimer or hackbrett, which was a tavern instrument. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University A violoncello and clavichord, with several portfolios of music, and scattered sheets of ruled paper, proclaimed the profession or the taste of the occupant. Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home In the corner was a viola da gamba, and against the walls a harpsichord and a clavichord. Evelyn Innes Freedom was what the waters would afford That yet obeyed the white moon's whisperings, And freedom leapt and listened in the strings Of dulcimer and lute and clavichord. Miscellany of Poetry 1919 Caroline drifted finally into the chamber back of the dining room, and they could hear the tenuous vibrations of the clavichord. The Three Black Pennys A Novel Bach wrote many sonatas, but none for the clavichord; his sonatas were for the violin and the 'cello alone, a great innovation. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University He appears, however, to have known but little of the capabilities of the instrument, which seemed to him coarse and inexpressive beside his favorite clavichord. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 At last they brought a clavichord of Stein's out of the next room, a very good one, but inch-thick with dust. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Mozart obviously had in view, not the pianoforte which was just coming into use in his day, but the clavichord. Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words None of them, not even the middle-aged Dimmler, wanted to break off their conversation and quit that corner in the sitting room, but Natasha got up and Nicholas sat down at the clavichord. War and Peace It should be mentioned that he wrote a method of clavichord playing on which, in later days, Czerny said that Beethoven based his piano teaching. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University He sat down at the clavichord and sang what he had composed in honour of the Princess. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches A small clavichord was then brought in, on which I preluded, and played a sonata and the Fischer variations. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 To the music of the harpsichord and clavichord he was extremely partial, but the smallness of his hands made it impossible for him ever to perform upon these instruments. Crome Yellow Before they reached the room from which the sounds of the clavichord came, the pretty, fair haired Frenchwoman, Mademoiselle Bourienne, rushed out apparently beside herself with delight. War and Peace His “Wohltemperierte Clavier” naturally was a tremendous help to clavichord technique, and even now the “Chromatic Fantaisie” and other works require fine pianists to perform them properly. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University At the age of ten he was an accomplished organ player, and he played with skill on the flute and the clavichord. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches As the Greek modes formed the basis for the musical system of the church, so the Greek monochord is the type from which the monks evolved what they called the clavichord. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Now if one had occasion to read over some of the clavichord music of the period, possibly it might seem strange that Mozart's sonatas did not impress with their magnificence. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University The princess glanced at her watch and, seeing that she was five minutes late in starting her practice on the clavichord, went into the sitting room with a look of alarm. War and Peace At fifteen years of age, H�ndel was beginning to be well known as a clavichord and organ player, in the latter capacity becoming specially celebrated for his wonderful improvisations. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Between twelve and two o'clock, as the day was mapped out, the prince rested and the princess played the clavichord. War and Peace Sonya and Natasha, in the light-blue dresses they had worn at the theater, looking pretty and conscious of it, were standing by the clavichord, happy and smiling. War and Peace The young people, after returning from the theater, had had supper and were grouped round the clavichord. War and Peace The young people, at the countess' instigation, gathered round the clavichord and harp. War and Peace And this reminds me that the embellishments, as they were called, which are so common in all harpsichord and clavichord music, were also noted in a kind of shorthand, and for precisely the same reason. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Mavra Kuzminichna flicked the dust off the clavichord and closed it, and with a deep sigh left the drawing room and locked its main door. War and Peace Mishka had opened the clavichord and was strumming on it with one finger. War and Peace After dinner Natasha, at Prince Andrew's request, went to the clavichord and began singing. War and Peace Prince Andrew was in and Boris was shown into a large hall probably formerly used for dancing, but in which five beds now stood, and furniture of various kinds: a table, chairs, and a clavichord. War and Peace On the other hand, there are reasons for believing that H�ndel never took the trouble to examine any of Bach's clavichord music. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University After tea, the company went into the sitting room and Princess Mary was asked to play on the clavichord. War and Peace But Anatole's expression, though his eyes were fixed on her, referred not to her but to the movements of Mademoiselle Bourienne's little foot, which he was then touching with his own under the clavichord. War and Peace "You see, my dear fellow, I have been thinking about you," said Prince Andrew when they had gone into the large room where the clavichord was. War and Peace A third was playing a Viennese waltz on the clavichord, while a fourth, lying on the clavichord, sang the tune. War and Peace |
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