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Like a pipe organ, a harpsichord may have more than one keyboard manual [b] and even a pedal board. Harpsichords may also have stop levers which add or remove additional octaves. Some harpsichords may have a buff stop, which brings a strip of buff leather or other material in contact with the strings, muting their sound to simulate the sound of ...
The harpsichord stop levers are laid out in the conventional fashion on either side of the name-board, with the organ stops being placed at either side of the keyboards with a coupling mechanism to the organ at the front of the harpsichord. [7] The organ case is also fitted with four foot-levers; three at the front of the organ and one at the ...
The keyboard concertos, BWV 1052–1065, are concertos for harpsichord (or organ), strings and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven complete concertos for a single harpsichord (BWV 1052–1058), three concertos for two harpsichords (BWV 1060–1062), two concertos for three harpsichords (BWV 1063 and 1064), and one concerto for ...
German harpsichord makers roughly followed the French model, but with a special interest in achieving a variety of sonorities, perhaps because some of the most eminent German builders were also builders of pipe organs. Some German harpsichords included a choir of 2-foot strings (that is, strings pitched two octaves above the primary set).
The spinet organ, a product of the mid-20th century, served the same function (domestic context, low cost) that was served by spinet harpsichords and spinet pianos. The spinet organ physically resembled a small upright piano, and presented simplified controls and functions that were both less expensive to produce and less intimidating to learn ...
Concerto in G major for organ (or harpsichord), strings and basso continuo, dated 1755 (Helm 444; Wq. 34): Allegro di molto – Largo – Presto. Concerto in E-flat major for organ (or harpsichord), strings and basso continuo, with optional French horns, dated 1759 (Helm 446; Wq. 35): Allegro ma non troppo – Adagio sostenuto – Allegro assai.
Much keyboard music of the Late-Medieval and Renaissance was often played interchangeably on organ, harpsichord, clavichord and the like, with the exception of liturgical music (Mass, Magnificat and Latin hymns versets, chorale settings, etc.) which are thought to have been played primarily on the organ.
The Vater organ of the St.-Johannis-Kirche, Wiefelstede. Christian Vater (11 October 1679 – 25 January 1756) was a German organ and harpsichord builder.. He was born in Hanover; his father Martin Vater was an organ builder and gave him his first instruction in the craft.