The cembalo was the favorite instrument in Italy during the seventeenth century, and in England it had a great currency under the name of harpsichord. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present] Reference
And yes, "cembalo" could at the time refer to a fortepiano as well as to other keyboards. From Wordnik.com. [Album reviews: 17th century works for viola da gamba] Reference
Handel played second violin in the orchestra before becoming maestro al cembalo. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
He had given some thought to the idea of a string quintette with cembalo, he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
Estense "piano e forte" may have been a hammer cembalo, a very imperfect one, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
A.D. 1598, and the reference is evidently to an instrument of the spinet or cembalo kind; but how the tone was produced there is no statement, no word to base an inference upon. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
The CD by the Ghielmi brothers surprisingly features a fortepiano rather than a harpsichord as its cembalo continuo, on the reasoning that Bach was familiar with very early models of the fortepiano (invented in 1698) and is even known to have played the instrument. From Wordnik.com. [Album reviews: 17th century works for viola da gamba] Reference
Cleofonte Campanini, then maestro di cembalo at the Metropolitan. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music] Reference
Immediately heavy sound 'gone away and cembalo sound twinkles like candlelight. From Wordnik.com. [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference
The essential distinction between the cembalo and the spinet was in the manner of tone production. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present] Reference
Moreover he shows great capacity in his compositions for the organ, the cembalo, and other instruments. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
Almost all of YS fans say the work's constructed by GIANNI's keyboard and voice, and cembalo, guitar noise. From Wordnik.com. [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference
However, one of my class mates played the cembalo and I was fascinated by the nature and beauty of this music. From Wordnik.com. [WeLove-music] Reference
At first the intention was to make a portable version of a cembalo, but it soon turned into one of the most used keyboards in rock and pop music. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Cleofonte, then a modest maestro di cembalo trying his 'prentice hand at conducting; now the redoubtable leader of Mr. Hammerstein's forces at the Manhattan. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference
Those who could recall some of the minor incidents of a quarter-century earlier remembered that the indefatigable director of to-day was a modest maestro di cembalo at the Metropolitan in its first season, and on a few occasions when his famous brother Italo. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference
“You’re forgetting my string quintette with cembalo.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
Albums by artist Hans Werner Waetzig - oboe, Jeffrey Tate - cembalo, Berlin Chamber Orchestra, con. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
Albums by artist Heinz Helmut Klinge - violin, Jeffrey Tate - cembalo, Berlin Chamber Orchestra, con. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
There was that little number of mine — string quintette with cembalo — but you were envious of me, you begrudged me my success — you were afraid that your own would —”. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
Campanini brought from Italy a tenor named Marconi for the titular rôle; his sister-in-law, Eva Tetrazzini, to sing the part of Desdemona, and his brother, Cleofonte (who was maestro di cembalo at the Metropolitan Opera. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference
You have a kind of fortepiano/cembalo sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Glamorous Life Of Daniel Hope] Reference
“String quintette and cembalo,” answered Holm. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
(cembalo; Austria), Mike Marshall (Mandolin; USA), the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (USA) and orchestras such as the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, the Aachen Chamber Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the members of the Ensemble Recherche, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
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