Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

CLAVICEMBALO, or GRAVICEMBALO (from L...

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 468 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: CHR-CLI

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

See also:

CLAVICEMBALO, or GRAVICEMBALO (from Lat. clavis, key, and cymbalum, cymbal; Eng. clavicymbal, clavisymbal; Flemish, clavisinbal; Span. clavisinbanos)

CLAVICEMBALO, or GRAVICEMBALO (from See also:
LAT
Lat. clavis, See also:
KEY
KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)
key, and cymbalum, cymbal; Eng. clavicymbal, clavisymbal; Flemish, clavisinbal; Span. clavisinbanos) , a See also:

KEYBOARD, or MANUAL (Fr. clavier; Ger. Klaviatur; Ital. tastatura)

keyboard musical See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument with strings plucked by means of small See also:

QUILL

quill or leatherplectra. " Cymbal " (Gr. e6,. aXoe, from K15J43I7, a hollow See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel) was the old See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

TERM

term for the See also:

DULCIMER (Fr. tympanon; Ger. Hackbrett, Cymbal; Ital. cembalo, timpanon or salterio tedesco)

dulcimer, and hence its See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the formation of the word. See See also:

PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

PIANOFORTE; See also:

SPINET, or SPINNET (Fr. espinetle or epinette; Ger. Spinett; Ital. spinetta)

SPINET; See also:

VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS

VIRGINAL.

End of Article: CLAVICEMBALO, or GRAVICEMBALO (from Lat. clavis, key, and cymbalum, cymbal; Eng. clavicymbal, clavisymbal; Flemish, clavisinbal; Span. clavisinbanos)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.

Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
CLAVECIN

[next]
CLAVICHORD, or CLARICHORD (Fr. manicorde; Ger. Clav...