The harpsichord is wing-shaped, most virginals and spinets are either rectangular or polygonal.
He gave a little scratch, as was his custom, for he was a very mannerly little beast, and the sound of the virginals ceased.
There came a sound of music too, as one touched the virginalsto a tune of my own country.
In 1611 his name appears as an associate with Byrd and Bull in a work called Parthenia, a collection of pieces for the Virginals of which I shall speak later on.
He joined Byrd and Gibbons in contributing to the celebrated {10} collection Parthenia ("the first music for the Virginals ever published in England.
We may infer from Master Mace his work, that the trivial virginals were gaining in popular estimation upon the nobler instrument which is the theme of his eulogy.
Perhaps the modern tendency to idealize progress has been responsible for the neglect of Italian harpsichords and virginals during the present day revival of interest in old musical instruments.
Some rectangular virginals were made in Italy; one Flemish polygonal virginal, made by the elder Hans Ruckers in 1591, survives.
As is true of the great majority of Italian virginals and harpsichords of the 16th and 17th centuries, the instrument proper is removable from its outer case.
Information has been secured on two Italian virginals which were not included in the tabulation.
Of course it is understood that both types of virginals as well as the spinet and the harpsichord were keyed chordophones employing the plucking action of jacks and plectra.
The first music ever printed for the Virginals was 'Parthenia,' published in London, 1611.
The first spinets and virginals made on this side of the water were undoubtedly of Philadelphia manufacture.
In July of the year 1701 the London Post had an article relating to virginals which reads: "This week a most curious pair of virginals, reckoned to be the finest in England, was shipped off for the Grand Seigneur's seraglio.
His music for the viols and virginals not only emphasises the scope of his genius, but marks a veritable epoch in the history of instrumental music.
Parthenia" was, as the title page tells, the first music for the virginals ever printed, and yet appeared as late as 1611.
Then all her eight fingers came flickering down and the strings inside the virginals began to twang and hum with a high-pitched rendering of Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King.
One thing though: just don't scare me again pretending to work witchcraft--with a virginalsor any other way.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "virginals" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
