单词 | clavicymbal |
释义 | † clavicymbaln. Music. Obsolete exc. Historical. An old name of the Harpsichord, a musical instrument with keys, and strings set in vibration by means of quills or leathern plectra in wooden uprights called jacks. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > harpsichord clavicymbal1492 claricymbal1502 harpsichord1611 harpsical?1624 harpsicon1633 clavicembalo1740 lyrichord1741 cembalo1786 clavecin1813 clavicytherium1813 clavicithern1855 gravicembalo1858 lautenclavicymbel1884 lute harpsichord1884 1492 Will of Richard Clyffe (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/9) f. 67 My Clauysymballes. 1506 Will of Thomas Buttler (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/15) f. 63 A payre of Clawesymballes. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Clavecymbal, a pair of Virginals, or Claricords. 1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 42 The German clavicimbel..was a kind of spinet. 1880 A. J. Hipkins in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 367 Mattheson lauded the clavichord above the clavicymbel or harpsichord. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music at Cembalo The dulcimer, or cembalo, with keys added, became the clavicembalo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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