Word: clavichords
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Richard P. McGinnis, Mower A's proctor, lives in one of the only two Mower A rooms which escaped the flooding. Staring at his mahogany clavichord, he said last night, "The worst thing is there's a lot of damage to people's belongings and it's come at a particiularly bad time of the year. People have been putting off their homework...
...about everything," recalls Bill, "and in would come yet another professor." All the children were trilingual, or at least bilingual. Bill learned to speak Spanish and French along with English. He also learned to play the piano and-as his detractors are fond of emphasizing-that reactionary instrument, the clavichord...
...France's famed Pianist-Teacher Marguerite Long, Monique is negotiating with piano manufacturers. Despite engineering problems, she hopes to have a working model by the end of this year. To traditionalists who balk at her spaceage innovations, she explains: "The evolution of these instruments has been steady. The clavichord said all it could. Then came the pianoforte, and eventually it said all it could. The time has come to give the piano a new franchise, a new life. A golden era is opening for the piano, if only the piano is ready...
BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, PART 1 (2 LPs; Archiv). "Clavier" means keyboard, and no one knows whether these preludes and fugues were written for harpsichord, organ or clavichord. Ralph Kirkpatrick is recording them on the clavichord, preferring its subtlety. Infinitely varied within their small compass, like snowflakes, the pieces have a severe fascination when played on the soft, monochromatic instrument. The late Wanda Landowska chose the harpsichord as her clavier, and her performances (RCA Victor) will be preferred by listeners who demand greater contrast and majesty...
Some standout scholars: > Jill Ramsey of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., scored two perfect 800s and a 795 on her college boards, may major in anthropology or Spanish at Stanford. Last year as a summer project, she helped to build a clavichord...