The oldest form of the clavier known to the writer was that shown in Fig.
The square-formed piano began to be made about 1750, but the instrument involved no application of new principles, being merely a clavier with pianoforte mechanism.
The very beginning is original, the clavier striking in with the first bars, and so giving a peculiar tone to the whole movement.
Wolfgang does not seem to have been particularly struck with the talent of the daughter of the house, Theresa Pierron, who had played the clavier since she was eight years old; he seldom mentions the "house nymph.
To the earliest authentic claviercompositions belong the variations (179 K.
In the same way he composed a song expressive of anger on the word perfido which excited him so much, that he struck the clavier like one possessed, and several times sprang up from his seat.
The daughter Augusta, who was at one time the Elector's mistress, plays the clavier well.
His Commencement money would buy him a clavierand to it he intended to devote the summer.
We think that when you get your clavier with your Commencement money, we had better get a piano also.
One, however, occupies a place of its own among his clavier works.
And Prince Leopold, himself, who not only enjoyed music but played it well, doubtless took part in the sonatas for clavier and viola da gamba.
Friedemann had received his first clavier lessons from his father shortly before Maria Barbara’s death.
Reinken’s compositions fascinated him and their influence is perceptible in certain of Bach’s clavier pieces twenty years later.
A collection of clavierpieces by masters like Froberger, Kerll, Pachelbel, Böhm and Buxtehude, lay in a book case with a latticed front.
For the most part his creative energies were now concentrated on concertos, suites, sonatas, and clavier works including some of his very greatest.
Shall I have to beat thee over the head with my clavier to teach thee manners?
Take up these things and go when you please, and mind that I do not hear my clavier striking the wall.
The statement that the tremolo effect could be imitated on the clavier seems to require an explanation.
I am sure I could make a real clavier player out of her.
All respect to his four-part writing, but his clavier fugues are nothing but long-drawn-out versetti.
Teaching is a restless occupation and I would rather neglect clavier playing than composition; the clavier is a side issue, though, thank God, a strong one.
The Duke de Chabot sat himself down beside me and listened attentively; and I--I forgot the cold, and the headache and played regardless of the wretched clavier as I play when I am in the mood.
If I go to the Clavier and sing something from the opera (Die Zauberflote) I must stop at once because of my emotions.
The hearers (I mean those worthy of the name) can say nothing more than they have seen music and clavier playing.
I will conduct at the clavier and accompany the arias.
Give me the best clavier in Europe and at the same time hearers who understand nothing or want to understand nothing, and who do not feel what I play with me, and all my joy is gone.
Certain of the heroic fugues in the fourth book of the Clavierpieces published in 1735 were taken up again by Handel in his Israel in Egypt and clothed with words which agreed precisely with their hidden feeling.
He would doubtless too, with Zachau, have seen the first volumes of the clavier works of Kuhnau, which were published at that time.
Besides the operas, and his Passion, Handel wrote at Hamburg a large number of cantatas, songs, and clavier works.
The compositions for clavierare the most popular works of any that Handel wrote, and these have achieved the greatest number of European editions.
Mattheson doubts the truth of this statement, but the ignorance which he shows on this subject only goes to prove his growing estrangement from Handel, for we have since found both in his clavier book, etc.
The clavier plays a second obbligato besides the bass part, as Seiffert notes: "Ten years before Bach worked at his Sonatas with accompaniment for cembalo obbligato, Handel had already a clear perception of their value.
It is in the second book of Clavier Pieces that we find the much easier pieces written for the princesses.
From the interludes on the clavier in his operas, he passed to the fantasies or caprices on the organ in the entr'actes of his oratorios, and his success was so great that he never again abandoned this custom.
It is related that at one of the Ottoboni evenings there was a contest on the clavier and on the organ between Domenico Scarlatti and Handel.
When he played the part he left the clavier to Handel, but after Antony had died, an hour before the end of the play, Mattheson returned in theatrical costume to the clavier, so as not to miss the final ovations.
Orchestral 7 clavier concertos arranged from violin concertos and other sources.
The second of the 3 sonatas for clavier and flute is extremely suggestive of Bach's sons, but Philipp Emanuel ascribes it to his father.
His loss was deplored as that of one of the greatest organists and clavier players of his time.
The other clavier works fill two Jahrgänge of the B.
Most of the first movement of the A major sonata for clavier and flute which was written in the spare staves at the bottom of a larger score.
Instrumental Three violin concertos and one for two violins; known only from the wonderful clavier versions.
This position he owes mainly to his clavier sonatas, which mark an important epoch in the history of musical form.
The Countess von Hatzfeld, niece of the Elector, was "trained in singing and clavier playing by the best masters of Vienna to whom, indeed, she does very much honor.
Not only did he give lessons in singing and clavier playing to the children of prominent families of the city, but he also frequently was called on to prepare young musicians for service in the chapel.
Mastiaux play the clavier well, as you already know from earlier letters of mine.
Captain Dantoine, "a passionate admirer and knower of music; plays the violin and the clavier a little.
The father had set him apart for service in the court music, and himself, as appears from the statements already printed, undertook his instruction; he taught him singing and clavier playing.
The former will have the honor to contribute various beautiful arias, the latter various clavier concertos and trios.
At any rate, the boy at an early date acquired so considerable a facility upon the clavier that his father could have him play at court and when he was seven years old produce him with one of his pupils at a concert in Bonn.
But at that time Pasquini was over sixty years of age; it is therefore more than probable that he was really the predecessor of the German master as a writer of clavier sonatas.
Afterwards, at Potsdam, he continued his clavier studies under Emanuel Bach.
Kuhnau gives a quaint illustration of the absolute necessity of words in certain cases; and that illustration is of particular interest, inasmuch as it points to still earlier, and possibly, clavier sonatas.
We are concerned with the clavier sonata, otherwise we should certainly devote more space to this composer.
That is-- Musical Representation of some Bible Stories In 6 Sonatas To be performed on the Clavier For the gratification of amateurs Arranged by Johann Kuhnau.
With respect to this sonata, Kuhnau remarks in his preface: "I have added at the end a Sonata in B flat, which will please amateurs; for why should not such things be attempted on the clavier as well as on other instruments?
Once more, we may conclude that Haydn, before he commenced writing clavier sonatas, had made acquaintance with those of Paradies and of Alberti.
It is known that he was a skilful performer on the harpsichord, and some Toccatas and Suites of his appear to have been published in a collection of clavier music at Amsterdam in 1704.
The part for the second clavier is printed under that of the first.
And in addition to the sonata of Mattheson, the Sei Sonatine per Violino e Cembalo, di Georgio Philippo Telemann, published at Amsterdam in 1721, will give us an approximate idea of the clavier sonata between Kuhnau and Emanuel Bach.
A certain Countess von Thun, whose name is associated with Beethoven, Mozart and Gluck, met with one of his clavier sonatas in manuscript, and expressed a desire to see him.
His Fux and his Mattheson had served their turn, and he had now supplemented them by the first six Clavier Sonatas of Philipp Emanuel Bach, the third son of the great composer.
I did not leave the clavier till I had mastered all his six sonatas," he says, "and those who know me well must be aware that I owe very much to Emanuel Bach, whose works I understand and have thoroughly studied.
I used to take my little clavier under my arm, and go off to practice undisturbed.
Besides those already mentioned, there was Bartolozzi, the famous engraver, to whose wife he dedicated three clavier trios and a sonata in E flat (Op.
He was the greatest clavier player, teacher and accompanist of his day; a master of form, and the pioneer of a style which was a complete departure from that of his father.
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, Clavier No.
In this year he wrote a violin sonata and two clavier sonatas, a little cantata, and an operetta.
Burney, who met him, remarks on his great facility as a clavier player.
I found him asleep by the side of a ditch some distance out on the Lueneburg Heath, the clavier by his side and the notebook fallen from his pocket; lucky they had not all rolled in together!
Not content with merely taking part in her husband's works, she learned from him to play the clavier and read figured bass, and rendered him valuable aid by copying music for him.
Soon after the marriage, Bach and his wife started a manuscript music book, entitled "Clavier Büchlein von Anna Magdalena Bach, Anno 1720.
Bach's Clavier school consisted of eighteen Preludes for beginners (all in B.
Both amateurs and professional musicians already regarded him with admiration when, in 1717, Marchand, the French virtuoso, a celebrated Clavier and Organ player, visited Dresden.
There are three Sonatas for Clavierand Gamba, in G major, D major, G minor (P.
Sonata in E minor and Fugue in G minor for Violin and Clavier (bk.
His criticism of Bach as a composer is restricted practically to Bach's Organ and Clavier works.
The A minor and E major were also converted into Clavier Concerti (G minor and D major) (bks.
In the latter post Bach was of use as a Violinist and Clavier player.
If, as often happened, he was asked to write something simple for theClavier he would answer, "I will do what I can.
Several Concertos for the Clavierand other instruments.
Bach was acquainted with Couperin's works and highly esteemed them,(125) as he did those of other French Clavier composers, for their finish and brilliance.
One day the Count asked Bach to write for Goldberg some Clavier music of a soothing and cheerful character, that would relieve the tedium of sleepless nights.
Miss Beeton Clavier deprecated the modern "craze for examinations," and released from such pressure her staff did not so much give courses of lessons as circle in a thorough-looking and patient manner about their subjects.
Was all this world a mere make-believe, and would Miss Beeton Clavier and every one about her presently cast aside a veil?
Georg Benda was a famous clavier player and oboist, but his chief interest for modern musical history lies in his melodramas.
By the time Beethoven was nine his father had no more to teach him, and he entered upon a perhaps healthier course of clavier lessons under a singer named Pfeiffer.
To this general verdict exceptions must be made in the cases of some of the quartets, the clavier pieces, and The Seven Words, the last especially being, as I have already said, in his most splendid manner.
The clavier music, with the exception of a few bits, is of no great importance; still, I have played much of it with pleasure in Dr.
The imagination of Bach seems, in his clavier works, to be dominated by the organ, that of Beethoven by the orchestra, that of Brahms by both.
When did a clavier of St. Bernard ever knock at my door, and go away with an empty hand?
Honor and a rich quête to the clavier of the convent, therefore, for it is bringing succor to the poor and rest to the weary!
The worthy clavier made this explanation with eyes that glistened with moisture, occasionally interrupting himself to murmur a prayer of thanksgiving.
On reaching the building, Maso, with the two travellers who had been found in his company, were; laced in safe keeping in one of the of the solid edifice, until the return of the clavier should enable them to vindicate their innocence.
The clavier arose with a countenance that was beaming and bright as the morning sun which, just at that moment, appeared above the summits of the Alps, casting its genial and bland warmth on the group, the brown huts, and the mountain side.
The good clavier had prepared the way for their reception; for even on the wild ridge of St. Bernard, we do not fare the worse for carrying with us a prestige of that rank and consideration that are enjoyed in the world below.
The clavier was always well received, not only in his bailiwick but in his château, and in spite of numberless little skirmishes on doctrine and practice, they always met with a welcome and generally parted in peace.
Of one thing we may be certain: he must have given his audience a real treat by his Clavier performance; for doubtless he obeyed the directions given in the Founder's will--directions which are observed to this day.
An interesting specimen of his Clavier compositions is to be found in the Fitzwilliam volume being an arrangement of the air O Mistress Mine.
In common with other composers of his day, Gibbons shows in his Clavier works an earlier and more successful attempt at a true Instrumental style than he does in his music for Strings.
So we find composers for the Clavier borrowing the rhythmic features of folk-songs and dance-tunes much earlier than they found it desirable or necessary to do in Viol music.
His daughter Marguerite was the first woman appointed official court clavier player.
His important theoretical work, "The True Art of Clavier Playing," was pronounced by Haydn the school of schools for all time.
The case was either rectangular, or followed the outlines of the harp, a progenitor of this clavier type.
It is significant that these two types stand together on the threshold of clavier art.
Nevertheless, it was destined to develop into the musical instrument essential to the perfect interpretation of his clavier music.
The clavier gave promise of its destined career in the Elizabethan age.
With his piano concertos he showed howclavier and orchestra may converse earnestly together without either having its individuality marred.
He composed for the clavier little picture tunes, designed to depict sentiments, moods, phases of character and scenes from life.
The germ of all modern musical design lies in his clavier writings.
Tradition declares that his hand was fashioned for clavier keys, and that its graceful movements afforded the eye no less pleasure than the ear.
His charming four-hand and double piano pieces, written for himself and his gifted sister Marianne, and his solo clavier sonatas would prove his wealth of musical invention had he not written another note.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clavier" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: clavichord; grand; harpsichord; piano; pianoforte; spinet; upright
