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 The instrument dates from the early 16th century – there is a harpsichord in [[London]]’s Victoria and Albert Museum that was built in [[Rome]] in 1521.
-Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]],<ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo</ref> the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34</ref> have profound significance in the development of the [[sonata form]]. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref>For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
+Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]],<ref>For a recording, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo</ref> the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] <ref>For a recording, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34</ref> have profound significance in the development of the [[sonata form]]. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref>For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
 The disadvantages of the harpsichord, and the reason it lost popularity to the [[clavichord]] and the newly developing piano, was its inability to lengthen a note or to vary the loudness with finger pressure, meaning there was a lack of tonal variety, and emotional complexity. Whilst both [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] and [[Mozart]] played the harpsichord in their early days, they moved very quickly to the new [[piano|forte piano]]. Also, it became out of tune very quickly and needed a constant supply of new “quills” to keep it going.

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 The instrument dates from the early 16th century – there is a harpsichord in [[London]]’s Victoria and Albert Museum that was built in [[Rome]] in 1521.
-Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo</ref>, the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34</ref> have profound significance in the development of the [[sonata form]]. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref> For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
+Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]],<ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo</ref> the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34</ref> have profound significance in the development of the [[sonata form]]. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref>For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
 The disadvantages of the harpsichord, and the reason it lost popularity to the [[clavichord]] and the newly developing piano, was its inability to lengthen a note or to vary the loudness with finger pressure, meaning there was a lack of tonal variety, and emotional complexity. Whilst both [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] and [[Mozart]] played the harpsichord in their early days, they moved very quickly to the new [[piano|forte piano]]. Also, it became out of tune very quickly and needed a constant supply of new “quills” to keep it going.
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 As a piece of trivia, it may be of interest that one Francis Hopkinson, whose signature appears on the [[Declaration of Independence]], was a musician known for introducing new ways of tuning and quilling harpsichords. (He also wrote the first American secular song.)
-==External Links==
+==External links==
-* [http://www.harpsichord-man.com/audio.htm| Picture and sound samples]
+* [http://www.harpsichord-man.com/audio.htm  Picture and sound samples]
 ==References==

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 The instrument dates from the early 16th century – there is a harpsichord in [[London]]’s Victoria and Albert Museum that was built in [[Rome]] in 1521.
-Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo</ref>, the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34</ref> have profound significance in the development of the sonata form. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref> For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
+Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo</ref>, the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34</ref> have profound significance in the development of the [[sonata form]]. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref> For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
-The disadvantages of the harpsichord, and the reason it lost popularity to the [[clavichord]] and the newly developing piano, was its inability to lengthen a note or to increase or decrease the volume more than a trifle, meaning there was a lack of tonal variety, and emotional complexity. Whilst both [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] and [[Mozart]] played the harpsichord in their early days, they moved very quickly to the new [[piano|forte piano]]. Also, it became out of tune very quickly and needed a constant supply of new “quills” to keep it going.
+The disadvantages of the harpsichord, and the reason it lost popularity to the [[clavichord]] and the newly developing piano, was its inability to lengthen a note or to vary the loudness with finger pressure, meaning there was a lack of tonal variety, and emotional complexity. Whilst both [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] and [[Mozart]] played the harpsichord in their early days, they moved very quickly to the new [[piano|forte piano]]. Also, it became out of tune very quickly and needed a constant supply of new “quills” to keep it going.
 As a piece of trivia, it may be of interest that one Francis Hopkinson, whose signature appears on the [[Declaration of Independence]], was a musician known for introducing new ways of tuning and quilling harpsichords. (He also wrote the first American secular song.)

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 The instrument dates from the early 16th century – there is a harpsichord in [[London]]’s Victoria and Albert Museum that was built in [[Rome]] in 1521.
-Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo]], the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34]] have profound significance in the development of the sonata form. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref> For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
+Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo</ref>, the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] <ref>For a recording, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34</ref> have profound significance in the development of the sonata form. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref> For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
 The disadvantages of the harpsichord, and the reason it lost popularity to the [[clavichord]] and the newly developing piano, was its inability to lengthen a note or to increase or decrease the volume more than a trifle, meaning there was a lack of tonal variety, and emotional complexity. Whilst both [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] and [[Mozart]] played the harpsichord in their early days, they moved very quickly to the new [[piano|forte piano]]. Also, it became out of tune very quickly and needed a constant supply of new “quills” to keep it going.

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 The instrument dates from the early 16th century – there is a harpsichord in [[London]]’s Victoria and Albert Museum that was built in [[Rome]] in 1521.
-Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo]], the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34]] have profound significance in the development of the sonata form. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces. There are recordings of the Bach keyboard concerti played as originally intended. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w]]
+Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo]], the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34]] have profound significance in the development of the sonata form. Since the early 1900's, a resurgence of interest in the harpsichord has taken place, and most large conservatories offer instruction in harpsichord performance. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces.<ref> For a recording of the Bach keyboard concerti played on harpsichord, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w</ref>
 The disadvantages of the harpsichord, and the reason it lost popularity to the [[clavichord]] and the newly developing piano, was its inability to lengthen a note or to increase or decrease the volume more than a trifle, meaning there was a lack of tonal variety, and emotional complexity. Whilst both [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] and [[Mozart]] played the harpsichord in their early days, they moved very quickly to the new [[piano|forte piano]]. Also, it became out of tune very quickly and needed a constant supply of new “quills” to keep it going.

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		+	[[Image:Harpsichord.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Keyboard of a harpsichord]]
	The '''harpsichord''' represents the highest development of the plucked string family of keyboard instruments. Like the [[virginal]] and [[spinet]] it consists of a set of strings within a soundbox which are activated by a keyboard attached to a series of wooden “jacks”. When a key is depressed it raises the jack on which there is a leather plectrum, or “quill”, which hits the appropriate strings. There is a mechanism to stop the quill hitting the strings on the way back down.		The '''harpsichord''' represents the highest development of the plucked string family of keyboard instruments. Like the [[virginal]] and [[spinet]] it consists of a set of strings within a soundbox which are activated by a keyboard attached to a series of wooden “jacks”. When a key is depressed it raises the jack on which there is a leather plectrum, or “quill”, which hits the appropriate strings. There is a mechanism to stop the quill hitting the strings on the way back down.

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	As a piece of trivia, it may be of interest that one Francis Hopkinson, whose signature appears on the [[Declaration of Independence]], was a musician known for introducing new ways of tuning and quilling harpsichords. (He also wrote the first American secular song.)		As a piece of trivia, it may be of interest that one Francis Hopkinson, whose signature appears on the [[Declaration of Independence]], was a musician known for introducing new ways of tuning and quilling harpsichords. (He also wrote the first American secular song.)
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	==External Links==		==External Links==

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−	A '''harpsichord''' ~~is a~~ [[~~keyboard~~]] [[~~instrument~~]] ~~similar~~ to a ~~[[piano]]~~, ~~but~~ its strings are ~~plucked rather~~ than ~~hammered~~. The harpsichord was ~~known to exist as early as~~ the ~~1500's. It was supplanted by~~ the piano in the ~~1800's~~.~~<ref>~~[http://~~cfaonline~~.~~asu~~.~~edu~~/~~haefer~~/~~classes~~/~~564~~/~~564~~.~~papers~~/~~pierceharpsichord~~.~~html History~~ of the ~~Harpsichord~~ in ~~Eighteenth Century France~~ and the ~~Flemish Influence by Janet Pierce~~]~~</ref>~~	+	The '''harpsichord''' represents the highest development of the plucked string family of keyboard instruments. Like the [[virginal]] and [[spinet]] it consists of a set of strings within a soundbox which are activated by a keyboard attached to a series of wooden “jacks”. When a key is depressed it raises the jack on which there is a leather plectrum, or “quill”, which hits the appropriate strings. There is a mechanism to stop the quill hitting the strings on the way back down.
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		+	The harpsichord is different to its smaller siblings in that there are two or more strings to each note and that the strings are stretched at right angles to the keyboard, instead of parallel (virginal) or at 45degrees (spinet). Like the spinet, it is shaped somewhat like the modern grand piano. Often there was more than one keyboard, and even three, and foot pedals were not unknown.
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		+	The instrument dates from the early 16th century – there is a harpsichord in [[London]]’s Victoria and Albert Museum that was built in [[Rome]] in 1521.
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		+	Some of the greatest keyboard music ever written – most of it heard these days on the [[piano]] - were first heard on the harpsichord. [[J. S. Bach]], [[Handel]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXeHd7Ovgjo]], the Frenchmen [[Couperin]], and [[Rameau]] wrote widely for the instrument. The hundreds of sonatas by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1PgFF34]] have profound significance in the development of the sonata form. The instrument is still used in recitals of early music and in its place as a continuo instrument in baroque chamber pieces. There are recordings of the Bach keyboard concerti played as originally intended. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w]]
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		+	The disadvantages of the harpsichord, and the reason it lost popularity to the [[clavichord]] and the newly developing piano, was its inability to lengthen a note or to increase or decrease the volume more than a trifle, meaning there was a lack of tonal variety, and emotional complexity. Whilst both [[Joseph Haydn\|Haydn]] and [[Mozart]] played the harpsichord in their early days, they moved very quickly to the new [[forte piano]]. Also, it became out of tune very quickly and needed a constant supply of new “quills” to keep it going.
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		+	As a piece of trivia, it may be of interest that one Francis Hopkinson, whose signature appears on the [[Declaration of Independence]], was a musician known for introducing new ways of tuning and quilling harpsichords. (He also wrote the first American secular song.)
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−	~~==See also==~~
−	*[[clavichord]]
−	*[[concertina]]

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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−	A '''harpsichord''' is a [[keyboard instrument]] similar to a [[piano]], but its strings are plucked rather than hammered. The harpsichord was known to exist as early as the 1500's. It was supplanted by the piano in the 1800's.<ref>[http://cfaonline.asu.edu/haefer/classes/564/564.papers/pierceharpsichord.html History of the Harpsichord in Eighteenth Century France and the Flemish Influence by Janet Pierce]</ref>	+	A '''harpsichord''' is a [[keyboard]] [[instrument]] similar to a [[piano]], but its strings are plucked rather than hammered. The harpsichord was known to exist as early as the 1500's. It was supplanted by the piano in the 1800's.<ref>[http://cfaonline.asu.edu/haefer/classes/564/564.papers/pierceharpsichord.html History of the Harpsichord in Eighteenth Century France and the Flemish Influence by Janet Pierce]</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==