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The Dutch organist and harpsichordist Class Douwes (circa 1650 – circa 1725) mentions instruments from nominal 6 feet (1.8 m) down to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet (0.76 m). [11] The pitch differences between the models offered by the Ruckers workshops were by no means arbitrary, but corresponded to the musical intervals of a tone, a fourth , a fifth , an ...
His collection included instruments from all the main harpsichord-building areas of Europe: a number of English spinets; early harpsichords and virginals from Italy; Flemish instruments by the Ruckers; a late French instrument by Pascal Taskin; and a clavichord and harpsichord from North Germany, both by Johann Adolph Hass. [1]
The twelve-tone row upon which the entire composition is based is given by the composer as 0 4 1 11 3 2 : 8 6 5 10 7 9, and generates the four main trichords of the piece. [7] It never once appears complete as a melodic succession, however, [ 8 ] though several authors [ 9 ] Cone 1967 [ 10 ] have given different conflicting versions of a row ...
Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making (2 ed.). Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-88845-6. An authoritative survey by a leading builder of how early harpsichords were built and how the harpsichord evolved over time in different national traditions. Kottick, Edward (1987). The Harpsichord Owner's Guide. Chapel Hill: University of North ...
Harpsichord building was often considered a lesser side job for organ builders, while some few were specialized in either harpsichord or clavichord building. [ 1 ] Note that in the German speaking world the harpsichord was only one of several instruments referred to as clavier, and keyboard instruments seem to have been used more ...
Grand Concerto in D major, op.6 (1763), for one piano four-hands and orchestra; Carl Friedrich Abel. Concerto for harpsichord (or pianoforte), two violins and a cello in F major, op.11 No.1 (first printed in 1771) Concerto for harpsichord (or pianoforte), two violins and a cello in B flat major, op.11 No.2 (first printed in 1771)
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Compositions for harpsichord (2 C, 52 P) H. Harpsichord makers (1 C, ...
Hans Ruckers was a Catholic and had 11 children, two of whom became harpsichord makers, and his daughter Catharina (to whom harpsichord maker Willem Gompaerts (c.1534 – after 1600) was godfather) married into the instrument-making Couchet family, ensuring a strong continuation of both dynasties; his son Joannes continued in the family craft.