Claviorgan ( Spanish: claviórgano , fr. Clavecin organisé , lat. Claviorganum ) - an ancient keyboard instrument that combines harpsichord and a small organ ( positive ).
A Brief Outline of History and Specificity
The first documentary evidence comes from Spain and dates back to the second half of the 15th century, flourishing in the 16th – 17th centuries. In the 18th century, the place of the harpsichord was taken by the piano ( German: Orgelklavier ).
The technical structure of the keyboard is such that you can play it like a harpsichord or as a positive, or extract both timbres at the same time. The first keyboards were single-channel. Beginning in the 17th century, two-manual clavi organ became common. A brief description of the claviorgan in 1619 was given by Michael Pretorius ( Syntagma musicum , volume 2, chapter 42).
Any significant and special repertoire for the clavi organ was not created [1] .
Reception
It follows from the statements of Charles Burney that Handel, starting in 1739, played the keyboard, accompanying the performance of his oratory on this instrument.
Notes
- ↑ Boalch DH, Williams P. Claviorganum // The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London New York, 2001.
Literature
- García CM Mahoma Moferriz, Maestro de Zaragosa, Constructor de Claviórgans para la Corte de los Reyes Católicos // Aragón en la Edad Media 14–15 (1999), p. 1115-1124.
- Kottick EL, Lucktenberg G. Early keyboard instruments in European museums. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.
- Boalch DH, Williams P. Claviorganum // The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London New York, 2001.
- Kottick EL A history of the harpsichord. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003.
Selected Discography
- Clavier organ and harpsichord ( G. Leonhard ; app. 2003; ALPHA 042)