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 ...

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The Beethoven Center at San Jose State University, boasting the world's second-largest collection of items related to the revolutionary German composer, adds an intriguing 18th-century ...

In the months before the start of the Revolutionary War, John Behrent (also spelled Berent) built the first piano sold ...

Combining a persuasive sense of rhythmic freedom, accent and melodic direction with exquisitely coloured tonal focus, the four create a stylish musical narrative.

Haden and Redman came from the world of Ornette Coleman, the Texas firebrand whose free jazz revolution had unravelled the ...

Over the past 40 years, Keith Jarrett has come to be recognized as one of the most creative musicians of our times - universally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed genius; a master of jazz ...

Dr. Francis Yun, Chatham Hall music director, will present a harpsichord recital Sunday, Jan. 22, 3:30 p.m. in Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham. Such a recital is a rare opportunity for music ...

At Hatchlands he insisted that all the antique harpsichords, virginals, clavichords and pianofortes (which he turned over to the Cobbe Collection Trust) should be kept in playing condition. It was an ...