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Clavier   Listen
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Clavier  n.  (Mus.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. Note: Clavier is the German name for a pianoforte.






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"Clavier" Quotes from Famous Books



... order, he arrived at the long portico, and, under its cover, passed to the hall, through which he reached the cosy room where he and Arlington had been entertained. The French sofa, the ebony stand, the clavier, looked familiar. The gilded harp stood invitingly in a place of honor. He drew near the instrument, and, smiling to himself, thrummed a few notes on the lower strings. As if summoned by the sound, from the routine of household tasks, the mistress of the mansion entered ...
— A Dream of Empire - Or, The House of Blennerhassett • William Henry Venable

... specially fitted with a number of rocket tubes which project in all directions, so that it looks like a pipe-organ gone on a spree. The rockets, which are fired by means of a keyboard not unlike that of a clavier, are loaded with a composition containing a large percentage of phosphorus and are fitted with gangs of barbed hooks. If the rocket hits the balloon these hooks catch in the envelope and hold it there, while the phosphorus ...
— Italy at War and the Allies in the West • E. Alexander Powell

... reason why the promising pupil should not have developed into a young lady of culture, with Madame teaching Russian, German, crocheting, and singing—yes, out of a book, to the accompaniment of a clavier—all for a fee ...
— The Promised Land • Mary Antin

... her music, cover the keyboard with a handkerchief, and make her practice both hands at first slowly on nothing but passages, trills, mordents, etc., until the difficulty with the left hand was remedied; after that I am sure I could make a real clavier player out of her. It is a pity; she has so much genius, reads respectably, has a great deal of natural fluency and plays with a great deal ...
— Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words • Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel

... little homesick, she wrote to Delia, but only for a few hours at a time. Madame Clavier was as careful as any mother could be, fussy, she thought sometimes; but no doubt ...
— A Little Girl of Long Ago • Amanda Millie Douglas

... faults to correct; they like to hold their hands well and make them look pretty. They ought to have a keyboard adapted to their little delicate muscles, with action much less heavy than two ounces, the minimum weight of the clavier. As they grow and gain strength, the weight can be increased. If they should attempt to use my instrument with its heavy action, they would lame the hand in a few moments or their little fingers could not ...
— Piano Mastery - Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers • Harriette Brower

... Le Rossignol. "I heard a tune in the woods which I must get out of my clavier,—a green tune, the color of quickening lichens; a dropping tune with sap in it; a tune like ...
— The Lady of Fort St. John • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

... work "The Pianoforte Sonata," quotes as the first sonatas for the clavier those of Kuhnau, and cites especially the six Bible sonatas. Now Kuhnau, although he was Bach's predecessor at St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig, was certainly a composer of the very lowest rank. The Bible sonatas, which Shedlock paints to us in such glowing colours, are the merest ...
— Critical & Historical Essays - Lectures delivered at Columbia University • Edward MacDowell

... d'ardente passion Pour feconder ce monde, echangez-le sans cesse Avec l'autre univers visible qui vous presse! Melez toute votre ame a la creation.... Que sous nos doigts puissans exhale la nature, Cette immense clavier! ...
— The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and - Modern Times • Alfred Biese

... middle period—we must now briefly examine. In the list of his principal compositions for the period 1761-1790 are included nearly one hundred symphonies and other orchestral works, innumerable trios, quartets, operas, songs, and clavier or piano pieces, one oratorio, The Seven Words, and other sacred pieces. How many of them are heard to-day? How many could be heard with pleasure? Very, very few. If anyone who happened to be familiar with the Salomon symphonies—belonging ...
— Haydn • John F. Runciman



Words linked to "Clavier" :   harpsichord, cembalo, piano, squeeze box, piano keyboard, forte-piano, keyboard instrument, pipe organ, fingerboard, organ



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