The Differences Between Harpsichords from Different Countries

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HARPSICHORDS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES / Not all harpsichords are the same! In fact, each harpsichord is unique and somewhat different from every other harpsichord! But there were various historical schools of harpsichord building, and that’s what we explore in this video.

We look at the type of harpsichords that we build for French Baroque music, harpsichords that were made for Italian Baroque music, and the instruments that were designed for Flemish, English, and German Baroque music. We also look at how the instrument changed over time within each of those countries, as well as learning what virginals and spinets are. Come explore the wide world of harpsichords with me!

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SOURCES FOR THE HARPSICHORD IMAGES USED IN THE VIDEO:

1521 Italian harpsichord by Jerome of Bologna:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O5...

c1550 Italian harpsichord, anonymous:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/5...

Late 17th-century Italian harpsichord:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

1560 Italian harpsichord:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

1627 Flemish harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
1620 Flemish harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

c1650 Flemish harpsichord by Jan Couchet the Elder (part of Ruckers family):
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

1755 Flemish (French-influenced) harpsichord by J.D. Dulcken:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

1750 Flemish harpsichord by Albert Delin:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

18th-century French harpsichord by Pascal Taskin:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

1636/1787 Flemish/French Ruckers harpsichord, altered by Pascal Taskin:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

18th-century North German harpsichord by Christian Zell:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

1716 North German harpsichord by Carl Conrad Fleisher:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

c1740 South German harpsichord by Gottfried Silbermann:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

1740 North German harpsichord (3 manuals!) by Hieronymus Hass:
https://www.baroquemusic.org/bargerhp...

18th-century English harpsichord by Burkat Shudi:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

1622 Flemish muselar virginal by Joannes (Jan) Ruckers:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

1574 Italian polygonal virginal by Joseph Salodiensis:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/5...

1581 Flemish double virginal by Hans Ruckers:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

c1600 German ottavino (octave virginal), anonymous:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

1753 English bentside spinet by John Crang:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

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