HARPSICHORD

The harpsichord is a keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked rather than struck. It was one of the main instruments of the Baroque period, used for solo works, basso continuo, chamber music, and opera. Its repertoire includes music by Bach, Scarlatti, Couperin,

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  Music Theory

  Microtonality: the variety of approaches to microtonal music in world cultures

  In theory, microtonal music describes a piece that contains one or more intervals measuring below a semitone. Although...
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  PIANO

  Ferruccio Busoni as a great piano transcriber of Bach's keyboard music

  Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian pianist, composer and theoretical writer whose creative period fell on the transitional... 1 comment
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  PIANO

  Lodovico Giustini wrote the first ever piano sonatas for the instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori

  One of the main disadvantages of the harpsichord is its constant volume level which does not depend on the strength of... 1 comment
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  FLUTE

  The early collaboration of flute and viol in the court of Versailles

  In one of his marvelous court paintings, André​ Bouys depicts four prominent composers working on a composition for... 5 comments
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  ORCHESTRA

  The perfect union of Italian and French styles by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

  Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (née Elisabeth Jacquet) was one of the first female composers known to history, as...
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  FILM

  Accordion for Amélie was discovered by a lucky accident

  Amélie is a 2001 French romantic comedy classic directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet that depicts a contemporary yet...
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  ORCHESTRA

  Brandenburg Concerto dedicated to the king's brother was never played at Brandenburg court

  The Brandenburg Concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach are considered an example from the new era of masterful collaboration...
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  HARPSICHORD

  The Renaissance swan song for the English monarchy

  Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656) was a prominent English composer of the generation that flourished in England in the late...
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  HARPSICHORD

  Isabella Leonarda: convent star of the Baroque era

  Isabella Leonarda’s works include examples of nearly every sacred genre: motets and sacred concertos for one to four...