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There should be a very long German word for that demoralizing feeling that comes with peering at musical instruments imprisoned in museum display cases, silent and forlorn, prevented from doing what ...

The clavichord is an odd little keyboard popular in Europe from the 16th till the 18th century. It was designed as a practice instrument, and it didn’t produce enough volume for the typical concert ...

Music fans will hear the rare sound of a clavichord at the grand finale of the Wokingham Town Hall Concert season. Musician and conductor Richard Smith will be playing a range of classical pieces on ...

The clavichord offers a radically intimate take on music of the late Baroque. Where the harpsichord plucks the strings, the clavichord caresses them with tiny blades of brass. It was the instrument of ...

When snow blankets the ground the clavichord comes into its own. The world becomes quieter, or tries to, and this quietest of instruments finds its voice anew. The clavichord demands great ...

The delicate and particular sound of the clavichord will reverberate at the Oratory of St Francis Church in Valletta during a recital dedicated to baroque music by Bach, Purcell, Rameau, Scarlatti, ...

Galway concertina and harpsichord player Claire Keville turns her attention to the genteel 14th-century keyboard instrument, the clavichord, for this ornate collection. It’s a work born of intense ...