单词 | clavier |
释义 | claviern. 1. The keyboard or set of keys of a musical instrument. (Cf. claver n.2) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > [noun] > keyboard of clavier1708 keyboard1776 fingerboard1799 piano keyboard1863 claviature1883 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xx. 88 The Pedals of Turbith, and the Clavier or Keys of Scammony. 1855 R. Browning Master Hugues iii I looked up and surveyed, O'er my three claviers, yon forest of pipes Whence you still peeped in the shade. 1880 E. J. Hopkins in Grove Dict. Music I. 485 Communication established between the claviers of an organ and the sound-board pallets. 2. /kləˈvɪə(r)/. A general German name of all keyboard instruments with strings, but specially the clavichord; later, the pianoforte. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > [noun] clavier1845 keyboard instrument1850 keyboard1969 key1973 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 13 [Mozart] having commenced composition without recourse to the clavier. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. II. 91 [Bach's] numerous works..written for his favorite instrument, the clavier (the piano of that day). 1885 Athenæum 21 Mar. 385/2 Four of the clavier concertos..were given with the aid of a small but select orchestra. 1886 Academy 22 May 371/2 The eminent pianist will..play, as it were, a history of clavier music from the time of Queen Elizabeth to that of Queen Victoria. Derivatives clavierist n. a player on the clavier. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > keyboard player > [noun] clavierist1845 keyboardist1872 keyboard player1881 keyboarder1929 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 111 Becché [was] a celebrated clavierist of the day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1708 |
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