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" Here you’ll learn to tell your clavichord from your hurdy-gurdy and that bagpipes are also an Hungarian instrument.
His remarkable capacity for assimilation has often moved him to write in the style of Wagner or Berlioz, of Händel or Rameau, of Lulli or Charpentier, or even of some English harpsichord or clavichord player of the sixteenth century, like William Byrd-whose airs are introduced quite naturally in the music of Henry VIII, but we must remember that these are deliberate imitations, the amusements of a virtuoso, about which M.
This made it possible to use one string for several different notes, and explains why the clavichord or clavicembalo needed comparatively few strings.
In France, many of the earliest clavichord pieces were of the programme type, and even in Germany, where instrumental music ran practically in the same groove with church music, the same tendency showed itself.
For instance, if we read on one page of some history (every history of music has such a page) that Mozart's sonatas are sublime, that they do not contain one note of mere filigree work, and that they far transcend anything written for the harpsichord or clavichord by Haydn or his contemporaries, we echo the saying, and, if necessary, quote the “authorities.
” Now if one had occasion to read over some of the clavichord music of the period, possibly it might seem strange that Mozart's sonatas did not impress with their magnificence.
And this reminds me that the embellishments, as they were called, which are so common in all harpsichord and clavichord music, were also noted in a kind of shorthand, and for precisely the same reason.
At fifteen years of age, Händel was beginning to be well known as a clavichord and organ player, in the latter capacity becoming specially celebrated for his wonderful improvisations.
On the other hand, there are reasons for believing that Händel never took the trouble to examine any of Bach's clavichord music.
He had already begun to compose, and possibly in imitation of Kuhnau, whose so-called “Bible” sonatas were at the time being talked about, he wrote an elaborate clavichord piece to illustrate the departure of his brother, Johann Jakob, who had entered the service of Charles XII of Sweden as oboist.
His “Wohltemperierte Clavier” naturally was a tremendous help to clavichord technique, and even now the “Chromatic Fantaisie” and other works require fine pianists to perform them properly.
It should be mentioned that he wrote a method of clavichord playing on which, in later days, Czerny said that Beethoven based his piano teaching.
The count, holding his cards fanwise, kept himself with difficulty from dropping into his usual after-dinner nap, and laughed at everything.
The young people, at the countess' instigation, gathered round the clavichord and harp.
Julie by general request played first.
After she had played a little air with variations on the harp, she joined the other young ladies in begging Natasha and Nicholas, who were noted for their musical talent, to sing something.
Natasha, who was treated as though she were grown up, was evidently very proud of this but at the same time felt shy.
Before they reached the room from which the sounds of the clavichord came, the pretty, fair haired Frenchwoman, Mademoiselle Bourienne, rushed out apparently beside herself with delight.
""You see, my dear fellow, I have been thinking about you,"" said Prince Andrew when they had gone into the large room where the clavichord was.
""It's no use your going to the commander-in-chief.
He would say a lot of pleasant things, ask you to dinner"" (""That would not be bad as regards the unwritten code,"" thought Boris), ""but nothing more would come of it.
There will soon be a battalion of us aides-de-camp and adjutants! But this is what we'll do: I have a good friend, an adjutant general and an excellent fellow, Prince Dolgorukov; and though you may not know it, the fact is that now Kutuzov with his staff and all of us count for nothing.
Everything is now centered round the Emperor.
So we will go to Dolgorukov; I have to go there anyhow and I have already spoken to him about you.
We shall see whether he cannot attach you to himself or find a place for you somewhere nearer the sun.
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