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Notable makers born in German speaking states who emigrated to other countries are included here, but listed under the color of the building tradition in which they made their name. Harpsichord building was often considered a lesser side job for organ builders, while some few were specialized in either harpsichord or clavichord building.
The harpsichord was played by John S. Beckett for the first time in public in 1959 as the continuo for Bach's Saint Matthew Passion and was praised in the national press. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Beckett subsequently persuaded the authorities in the Guinness Brewery to provide Gannon with a special workshop, in which he made five harpsichords and restored ...
For companies noted for manufacturing harpsichords, see Category:Harpsichord manufacturing companies. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
She specialized in Baroque and 20th-Century music and was a prominent figure of the harpsichord revival in France. Her favorite instrument was a harpsichord of Johann Heinrich Hemsch, an 18th-century harpsichord maker of German origin who worked in Paris, loaned to her by Claude Mercier-Ythier, whose atelier "La Corde Pincée" was in Paris.
Wolfgang Joachim Zuckermann (11 October 1922 – 30 October 2018) was a German-born American harpsichord maker and writer. He was known for inventing a highly popular kit for constructing new instruments and wrote an influential book, The Modern Harpsichord. As a social activist, he authored books including The Mews of London and The End of the ...
The Goermans (or Germain) family were French harpsichord makers of Flemish origin.. Jean Germain I (or Joannes Goermans, as he signed his instruments) (1703 – 18 February 1777) was born in Geldern, Western Germany, and is known to have been working as a harpsichord maker in Paris by 1730, where he remained for the rest of his life.
William Dowd playing a 1987 Dowd Harpsichord. William Richmond Dowd (28 February 1922 – 25 November 2008) was an American harpsichord maker and one of the most important pioneers of the historical harpsichord movement.
Hemsch was born in Kastenholtz, near Cologne, and moved to France in 1728 where he completed a six-year apprenticeship under Antoine Vater, another German émigré harpsichord maker. Following this, he established his own workshop in Rue Quincampoix , Paris with his younger brother Guillaume (1734–1776), and served a two-year term as juré of ...