Meanings
plural clavicembalos · plural clavicembali
- historicalentertainmentA harpsichord.
He taught me composition and how to improve my playing on the clavicembalo [translating Jnſtrument] and also the harp […].
1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.17, Dedalus 2016, p. 2531 more example
Also we recall that Agnesi's life was bound up with that of a younger sister, Maria Teresa, who is known in the history of music as a composer and pianist, that is, virtuoso on the clavicembalo.
1970, Edna Kramer, The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics, Princeton, published 1982, page 706
Origin
- Italianclavicembalo
- Italianclavicembalo
- Englishclavicembalo
Borrowed from Italian clavicembalo.
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