Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Italian form of
clavicymbalum .
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Examples
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Ricordi of Milan has published his works for the clavicembalo, in six volumes, under the supervision of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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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 Preserved Smith 1910
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The singing had a bald accompaniment of an orchestra placed behind the scenes and consisting of a clavicembalo, or harpsichord, a viola da gamba, a theorbo, or large lute, and a flute, the last being used to imitate Pan-pipes in the hands of one of the characters.
For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Aubertine Woodward Moore 1885
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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 Aubertine Woodward Moore 1885
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These instruments were called _bundfrei_, "unbound," in opposition to the _clavicembalo_, which was called _gebunden_, or "bound."
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884
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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 Edward MacDowell 1884
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Contemporaneously with the spinet, and of almost equal antiquity, was an instrument in the form of a grand piano, called in Italy the clavicembalo, and in England the harpsichord.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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The orchestra consisted of one lira doppia, one clavicembalo, one chitarrone and two flutes.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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I send my sister, by him, "6 duetti a clavicembalo e violino," by Schuster.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang A 1864
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N.B. -- I send my sister, by him, "6 duetti a clavicembalo e violino," by Schuster.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1773
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