You may be able to tap your head and rub your stomach at once, but can you play the harpsichord and conduct an orchestra at the same time? The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s artistic partner Richard ...

The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a kind of dramatic harpsichord. It has surface vivacity rather than inner strength. It has elegance of style rather than profundity of ...

To ears that like it, the music of the 18th-Century harpsichord rustles sweetly, subtly, with a wealth of tonal color. To ears that don’t, its clucks and scratches sound like a hen yard. The strings ...

WILLIAMSBURG — A new spinet-style harpsichord has been added to the Colonial Williamsburg musical instrument collection, but there is a twist: It’s for sale. Master harpsichord maker Edward Wright and ...

The harpsichord, invented in the early 1600s, predates the piano forte by over a century. It creates sound by plucking strings, giving it a distinctive tone. #harpsichord #musichistory Mexicans ...

NEW YORK — William Christie, a conductor renowned for Baroque performances, thought back to a 2014 phone call from Nikolaus Lehnhoff, a year before the German director’s death. "'I think a ‘Tristan’ ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — It took four years, but Williams College senior Ridgway M. Banks of Cambridge has constructed a harpsichord that would retail for about $6,000. The harpsichord was the forerunner of the ...

One may expect to see many things at a harpsichord concert, but I daresay one of those refined classical instruments being comandeered by a guy in a Batman sweatshirt and a knit stocking cap isn't one ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This harpsichord was made by Barkat ...