clavicembalo
See also: clavicémbalo
English
Etymology
From Italian clavicembalo.
Noun
clavicembalo (plural clavicembalos or clavicembali)
- (music, now chiefly historical) A harpsichord.
- 1970, Edna Kramer, The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics, Princeton 1982, p. 706:
- Also we recall that Agnesi's life was bound up with that of a younger sister, Maria Teresa, who is known in the history of music as a composer and pianist, that is, virtuoso on the clavicembalo.
- 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.17, Dedalus 2016, p. 253:
- He taught me composition and how to improve my playing on the clavicembalo [transl. Jnſtrument] and also the harp […].
- 1970, Edna Kramer, The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics, Princeton 1982, p. 706:
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