There should be a very long German word for that demoralizing feeling that comes with peering at musical instruments imprisoned in museum display cases, silent and forlorn, prevented from doing what ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Clavichordist Kevin Birch will perform a program of early music at the Oasis ...

A few weeks ago, in a hospital in England, my friend Stephen died from the coronavirus. Like so many, he died alone, and, of course, those of us who mourn him now do so alone. Stephen and I became ...

When snow blankets the ground the clavichord comes into its own. The world becomes quieter, or tries to, and this quietest of instruments finds its voice anew. The clavichord demands great ...

When is a wooden board so much more than a piece of wood? When it tells a tale of a year (1761), a man (David Tannenberg) and a way of musical life lived long ago. A dozen musicians and ...

A scene from the construction of a clavichord at CSU-Pueblo. Colorado State University-Pueblo inaugurates a brand new clavichord on Saturday. This is a delicate, keyboard instrument especially popular ...

The clavichord is an odd little keyboard popular in Europe from the 16th till the 18th century. It was designed as a practice instrument, and it didn’t produce enough volume for the typical concert ...

The audience at a clavichord recital at St Catherine of Italy church, in Valletta, will not just be able to listen to the delicate sounds of the instruments but also try them out and discover their ...

The third in a series of clavichord recitals will take place at St Catherine of Italy church, Valletta, on Sunday at 11 am. This will be a special occasion in that a new clavichord makes its debut ...

More happy love! More happy, happy love! For ever warm and still to be enjoyed, For ever panting, and for ever young... The fixed image fixes life eternally; that's the general idea. Notice a couple ...