lautenclavicymbel, n. Mus. Obs. exc. Hist.
(ˈlaʊtənklavɪˌsɪmbəl)
Also lauten-clavicymbel, lautenklavizimbel.
[ad. G. Lautenklavizimbel, f. Laute lute + Klavizimbel harpsichord: see clavicymbal n.]
A type of harpsichord with gut rather than metal strings.
| 1884 Bell & Fuller-Maitland tr. Spitta's J. S. Bach II. iv. ii. 46 In the year 1740 (or thereabout) he devised a ‘Lauten-clavicymbel’ (Lute-harpsichord). 1906 Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 2) II. 653/2 Lautenclavicymbel, ‘lute-harpsichord’, invented by J. S. Bach in 1740. 1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 382/1 Lautenclavicymbel, lute-harpsichord..harpsichord with gut strings instead of metal strings. The instrument existed in the sixteenth century, and Bach had one made in 1740. 1978 Early Music Apr. 253/1 No lautenklavizymbel are preserved, yet no one denies they existed. 1979 Ibid. Jan. 71/1 The two lute pieces that Bach himself transcribed for harpsichord (or, possibly, the strange hybrid Lautenclavicymbel). |