clavecin – Definition in music

Definition of the French term clavecin in music:

harpsichord

Language

French

Singular

clavecin

Plural

clavecins

Variant

clavessin

Abbreviation

Clav.

French musical terms that include clavecin:

avec le clavecin – with the harpsichord(s)
clavecin organisé – claviorgan (combination of a keyboard instrument s...
clavecin vertical – clavicytherium (harpsichord with vertically mounte...
pour le clavecin – for the harpsichord
viole et clavecin – viol and harpsichord

Music scores that include clavecin:

Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1642) Page 1
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux (1737) Page 1
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orphée (1721) Page 1

French musical terms related to clavecin:

célesta – celesta (keyboard instrument)
clavicorde – clavichord
clavicythérium – clavicytherium (harpsichord with vertically mounte...
clavier – keyboard (of a keyboard instrument)...
clavinet – clavinet
épinette – spinet
hydraule – water organ
mellotron – mellotron (electro-mechanical keyboard instrument)
muselaar – muselar (keyboard instrument in the harpsichord fa...
orgue – organ (large musical instrument with rows of pipes...
orphica – orphica (portable piano)
piano – piano
régale – regal (small portable reed organ popular in the 16...
virginal – virginals (Renaissance keyboard instrument)