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Meanings of clavicembalo in English

Russian
харпсихорд
Portuguese
clavecino
Spanish
clave
Catalan
clavecí
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Plucked-string keyboard instrument.

харпсихорд
Synonyms
Examples for "harpsichord"
Examples for "harpsichord"
1
And within a matter of days the harpsichord was taken around there.
Radio NZ
2
He'd taken the heavy portfolio and put it down on the harpsichord.
Cry to heaven
3
She was induced to play upon the harpsichord: she surpassed every body.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
4
Dr. Pepusch will play the music for these verses on the harpsichord.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
5
I love the Double Concerto for piano, harpsichord and two chamber orchestras.
The Guardian
1
I recognized it immediately: Maestro Petit's magic clavecin from the Foire Saint-Germain.
The Oracle Glass
2
I imagined her at home, playing the clavecin, admired by men.
The Oracle Glass
3
The great actress desires some one to tune her clavecin:-
Essays from 'The Guardian'
4
But he finishes a large number of works, door-heads, clavecin cases, and the like.
Imaginary Portraits
5
He had tuned the clavecin and taken flight.
Essays from 'The Guardian'
1
Cleofonte Campanini, then maestro di cembalo at the Metropolitan Opera-house, conducted the performance.
A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
Usage of clavicembalo in English
1
To this group belonged the virginal, or virginals, the clavicembalo, the harpsichord, or clavecin, and the spinet.
For Every Music Lover / A Series of Practical Essays on Music
2
N. B.- Isendmy sister, by him, "6 duetti a clavicembalo e violino," by Schuster.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01
3
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