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Harpsichord after Michael Mietke > 
By the time Michael Mietke was building instruments in his workshop on the outskirts of Berlin in the early 1700s the harpsichord already had over two centuries worth of repertoire. During the Middle Ages a key mechanism with quill plectra was added to to the triangular psaltery to create an early form of the harpsichord. The first evidence of this instrument is from written accounts: in 1367, John I of Aragon commissioned his ambassadors to find someone to play the exaquir, an instrument like an organ whose sound was produced by strings; and in 1404, Eberhard Cersne mentions three different stringed instruments with keyboards. For the entire 15th century we have only pictorial depictions, but they are numerous and arise from all parts of Europe. It is clear from these artistic representations that various mechanisms were used to pluck the strings.
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• Wikipedia: Harpsichord History • Edit
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Guido d'Arezzo, Iventor Musical Notation
Guido d'Arezzo, a monk of the Order of St. Benedict, b. near Paris c. 995; d. at Avellano, near Arezzo, 1050.
He invented the system of staff-notation still in use, a... |
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Baroque Music
The English word baroque is derived from the Italian barocco, meaning bizarre, though probably exuberant would be a better translation more accurately reflecting the sens... |
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Antonio Stradivari, Stradivarius
Antonio Stradivari was an Italian luthier, a crafter of stringed instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars and harps. Stradivari is generally considered the most signi... |
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Bartolomeo Cristofori, Inventor of the Piano
Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco was an Italian maker of musical instruments, and is most remembered for inventing what would become the modern-day piano. He was born i... |
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Ludwig Van Beethoven, Composer
Ludwig Van Beethoven is certainly on any short list of the greatest composers. Like all supreme artists, this is not for his prodigioustechnical gifts alone, but for the... |
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