Definition of Clavecin

1. n. The harpsichord.

Definition of Clavecin

1. a harpsichord [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clavecin

clava
clavacin
claval
clavam
clavaminate synthase
clavams
clavata
clavate
clavate papillae
clavated
clavately
clavatin
clavation
clavations
clave
clavecin (current term)
clavecins
clavelin
clavelins
claver
clavered
clavering
clavers
claves
clavi
claviceps
clavichord
clavichordist
clavichordists
clavichords

Literary usage of Clavecin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"As late as 1780 De la Borde (Essai sur la Musique ancienne et modern?) said that 'The clavecin Pianoforte was invented about twenty years ago at ..."

2. An Elementary Treatise on Sound: Being the Second Volume of a Course of by Benjamin Peirce (1836)
"clavecin. Mach. Acad. Par. 1708. MARIUS. clavecin à Maillets et à ... clavecin ou moyen duquel on peut sans ôter les mains de dessus le Clavier, ..."

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