Klavier

Definition of the German term Klavier in music:

piano

Language

German

Singular

Klavier

Plural

Klaviere

Variant

Clavier

Abbreviation

Klav.

Synonyms

PianofortePiano

German musical terms that include Klavier:

Giraffenklavier – giraffe piano
Hammerklavier – designation for the construction technique used in...
Kinderklavier – toy piano
Kinderklavierschule – children's piano school (method for playing the pi...
Klavier vierhändig – piano for four hands
Klavierausbildung – piano studies, piano education
Klavierauszug – piano reduction of a full score (often used by the...
Klavierbauer – piano makers
Klavierbüchlein – little book of piano pieces
Klavierdecke – soundboard (of a piano)
Klavierdeckel – piano lid
Klavierkonzert – piano concerto
Klavierlehrer – piano teacher (most often male)
Klavierlehrerin – piano teacher (female)
klaviermässig – suitable for the piano, in a pianistic style
Klaviermusik – piano music
Klavierquartett – piano quartet (composition for piano and usually t...
Klaviersatz – piano composition (independent)...
Klavierschule – piano school (method for playing the piano)
Klaviersonate – piano sonata
Klavierspiel – piano playing
Klavierspieler – pianist
Klavierstimme – piano part (usually one in a larger work)
Klavierstimmer – piano tuner, piano technician
Klavierstück – piano piece, piano composition
Klavierstuhl – piano stool
Klavierstunde – piano lesson
Klaviertrio – piano trio
Klavierübung – composition for development of piano skills...
kleine Klavierstück – small piano piece
ohne Klavierbegleitung – without piano accompaniment
Spielzeugklavier – toy piano
Streichklavier – bowed clavier (obsolete keyboard instrument strung...
Tafelklavier – square piano (piano with horizontal strings arrang...
Unterklavier – lower manual (the lowest keyboard on an organ)

Music scores that include Klavier:

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso No. 8 (1690) Page 1
Arnold Schoenberg: Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene (1929‑1930) Page 1
Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast (1874) Page 2
Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasia nach J.S. Bach (1909) Page 1
Franz Schreker: Kammersymphonie (1916) Page 1

German musical terms related to Klavier:

Bogenclavier – bowed clavier (obsolete keyboard instrument strung...
Celesta – celesta (keyboard instrument)
Cembalo – harpsichord
Clavichord – clavichord
Clavinet – clavinet
Flügel – grand piano
Harmonium – pump organ
Hydraulis – water organ
Klaviziterium – clavicytherium (harpsichord with vertically mounte...
Mellotron – mellotron (electro-mechanical keyboard instrument)
Muselaar – muselar (keyboard instrument in the harpsichord fa...
Orgel – organ (large musical instrument with rows of pipes...
Orphica – orphica (portable piano)
Phonola – player piano (self-playing piano)
Pianola – pianola (self-playing piano)
Regal – regal (small portable reed organ popular in the 16...
Tasteninstrument – keyboard instrument
Virginal – virginals (Renaissance keyboard instrument)

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