harpsichordist
Plucked-string keyboard player
A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord, a keyboard instrument popular in Baroque music where strings are plucked rather than struck.
The term appears mainly in classical music contexts: The harpsichordist performed a Bach concerto.
Keys instrument player
- pianistOne who plays piano
- organistPipe keyboard performer
- accompanistOne who plays alongside
Baroque harmonic foundation
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
- chamber musicSmall-group classical compositions
embellishment · trill · mordent · articulation · phrasing · early music · temperament · registration
German composer surname
keyboardist
Keys instrument player
- pianistOne who plays piano
- organistPipe keyboard performer
- accompanistOne who plays alongside
continuo
Baroque harmonic foundation
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
chamber music · embellishment · trill · mordent · articulation · phrasing · early music · temperament · registration
Bach
German composer surname
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- CouperinFrench Baroque keyboard composer
- PurcellDido's operatic creator
Scarlatti · Byrd · Gibbons · interpretation · repertoire
clavichord
Soft-toned keyed instrument
plucking · quill · plectrum · jack · register · stop · coupler · soundboard · strings · keyboard
recital
Solo musical performance
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- soloistUnaccompanied performer
- accompanistOne who plays alongside
ensemble · chamber · opera · cantata · aria · recitative · orchestra · conductor · rehearsal · interpretation
- Baroque MusiciansBach, Handel, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Purcell
- keyboard playerspianist, pianists, organist, organists, harpsichordists
- chamber musicstring quartet, string quartets, chamber music, piano trios, piano quintet
- church musicianschoir director, choirmaster, church organist, organist, cantor
- typiststypist, stenographer, transcriptionist, court reporter, captioner