harpsichordn.

/ˈhɑːpsɪkɔːd/

Forms: Also 1600s arpsicord, harpsicord, 1700s harpsecord.

Etymology: < obsolete French harpechorde (Cotgrave) = Italian arpicordo (Radino 1592, Florio 1598), modern Latin harpichordium (a1558 in Scaliger Poetics viii), < Latin harpa harp + chorda, Italian corda string. The intrusive s, due apparently to some mistake, appears in the earliest English instances.

A keyboard instrument of music (resembling in appearance the grand piano), in which the strings were plucked and set in vibration by quill or leather points set in jacks connected by levers with the keys. (In use esp. from 16th to 18th centuries.) double harpsichord, one having an extra string to each key, sounding an octave higher than the others, and a second keyboard to control the extra strings.

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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

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Harpechorde, an Arpsicord or Harpsicord; a Dulcimer.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1664 (1955) III. 378 A new invented Instrument of Musique, being an harpsichord with gut-Strings, sounding like a Consort of Viols with an Organ, made vocal by a Wheele, & a Zone of parchment that rubb'd horizontaly against the Strings.

1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 72 In Organs and Harpsicords, where the Notes are fixt, the proper Ascent and Descent cannot be made but only beginning from some Keys.

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 219 The quils of ravens sell for twelve shillings the hundred, being of great use in tuning the lower notes of a harpsichord.

1777 R. B. Sheridan Governess ii. iii. 21 Black and white, like the keys of an harpsichord.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxix. 289 Miss Tox..went up stairs to set forth the bird waltz on the harpsichord.

1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 75 The harpsichord is a double, triple—in some instances, quadruple—spinet, the sounds being excited by a jack and quill plectrum, the same as in the spinet or virginal.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as harpsichord-lesson, harpsichord-maker, harpsichord-making, harpsichord-master, harpsichord-player, harpsichord-wire, etc.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > harpsichord-player

harpsichord-player1772

clavecinist1865

harpsichordist1878

1772 Brydone in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 167 I cut a quantity of harpsichord-wire into short pieces.

1774 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 266 The harpsichord-tuners find it more difficult to tune these extreme parts.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 307 Sandoni, a harpsichord-master and composer of some eminence.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 540 An exquisite harpsichord player.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 225/1 Harpsichord graces, certain turns and ornaments employed in playing upon the harpsichord, introduced for the most part as compensation for the lack of sustaining power in the instrument.

1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 79 The palm for excellence in harpsichord-making is due to the famous Ruckers family.

Derivatives

ˈharpsiˌchordist n. a harpsichord-player.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > harpsichord-player

harpsichord-player1772

clavecinist1865

harpsichordist1878

1878 L. Wingfield Lady Grizel II. xi. 283 The Duke's foreign valet was a neat harpsichordist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	harpsichord
释义	harpsichordn. /ˈhɑːpsɪkɔːd/ Forms: Also 1600s arpsicord, harpsicord, 1700s harpsecord. Etymology: < obsolete French harpechorde (Cotgrave) = Italian arpicordo (Radino 1592, Florio 1598), modern Latin harpichordium (a1558 in Scaliger Poetics viii), < Latin harpa harp + chorda, Italian corda string. The intrusive s, due apparently to some mistake, appears in the earliest English instances. A keyboard instrument of music (resembling in appearance the grand piano), in which the strings were plucked and set in vibration by quill or leather points set in jacks connected by levers with the keys. (In use esp. from 16th to 18th centuries.) double harpsichord, one having an extra string to each key, sounding an octave higher than the others, and a second keyboard to control the extra strings. 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 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Harpechorde, an Arpsicord or Harpsicord; a Dulcimer. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1664 (1955) III. 378 A new invented Instrument of Musique, being an harpsichord with gut-Strings, sounding like a Consort of Viols with an Organ, made vocal by a Wheele, & a Zone of parchment that rubb'd horizontaly against the Strings. 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 72 In Organs and Harpsicords, where the Notes are fixt, the proper Ascent and Descent cannot be made but only beginning from some Keys. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 219 The quils of ravens sell for twelve shillings the hundred, being of great use in tuning the lower notes of a harpsichord. 1777 R. B. Sheridan Governess ii. iii. 21 Black and white, like the keys of an harpsichord. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxix. 289 Miss Tox..went up stairs to set forth the bird waltz on the harpsichord. 1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 75 The harpsichord is a double, triple—in some instances, quadruple—spinet, the sounds being excited by a jack and quill plectrum, the same as in the spinet or virginal. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as harpsichord-lesson, harpsichord-maker, harpsichord-making, harpsichord-master, harpsichord-player, harpsichord-wire, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > harpsichord-player harpsichord-player1772 clavecinist1865 harpsichordist1878 1772 Brydone in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 167 I cut a quantity of harpsichord-wire into short pieces. 1774 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 266 The harpsichord-tuners find it more difficult to tune these extreme parts. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 307 Sandoni, a harpsichord-master and composer of some eminence. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 540 An exquisite harpsichord player. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 225/1 Harpsichord graces, certain turns and ornaments employed in playing upon the harpsichord, introduced for the most part as compensation for the lack of sustaining power in the instrument. 1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 79 The palm for excellence in harpsichord-making is due to the famous Ruckers family. Derivatives ˈharpsiˌchordist n. a harpsichord-player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] > harpsichord-player harpsichord-player1772 clavecinist1865 harpsichordist1878 1878 L. Wingfield Lady Grizel II. xi. 283 The Duke's foreign valet was a neat harpsichordist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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