The harpsichord generates sound by plucking strings when keys are depressed, in contrast to the piano which strikes them.

Baroque music was full of tiny bits of improvisation ... the sounds produced can be very different. A harpsichord uses a small plectrum to pluck a string; an organ uses pipes and bellows to ...

2. The harpsichord made a short, staccato sound as the strings were plucked inside the instrument. If a Baroque composer wanted a longer sound on the harpsichord, he would have had to add ...

Free masterclass and tribute concert at Vera City Auditorium on 15 February brings Baroque music to life in a historic ...

These two facets are much in evidence in this attractive album of his complete harpsichord music ... shimmering string tone from the English Baroque Orchestra. (Westminster 3301) The concerto ...

As well as presenting many solo public performances and broadcasts of Baroque keyboard music, choral and orchestral music, he has made numerous commercial CD recordings of solo harpsichord music from ...

“There’s a piccolo trumpet part (in No. 2) that’s extremely challenging, especially on the Baroque trumpet. The horn parts (in No. 1) are extremely interesting and challenging. “The virtuosity of the ...

Instead, a Baroque bow is all about rhetoric and about ... s “Fantasy for Haprsichord” is another masterclass in the harpsichord’s distinct sound. Oscar Gorman-Tysoe’s “Ostinato in ...

Karen Flint teaches harpsichord at the University of Delaware and has been the artistic director of Brandywine Baroque, Delaware’s premier early-music ensemble, since its founding. Ms. Flint has ...