Word: clavicord
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...settlement house, where he tutored the Jamacia Negro Mothers' Club in music. During the beginning of the year he spent most of his time playing records to his dusky, matronly pupils, then inviting their comment and criticism. When they had gained some acquaintance of strange instruments, he brought a clavicord, fore-runner of the grand piano, and played music appropriate to the tinkly, 19th-century instrument. By the time the year was out. Pinkham had built up a choral group from his Jamaica Negroes and conducted them in numerous performances before audiences invited to the House...
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