"Clavichord" Quotes from Famous Books
... was often added to by friends and visitors, who enjoyed his never failing hospitality, especially toward musicians. In the midst of all his occupations, he found time for music in the family circle, and a German-American artist has produced a charming work showing the great composer seated at the clavichord and surrounded by his children, who are singing their morning hymn. This painting, which belongs to the Museum of Leipsic, the city where Bach laboured so long and where he died, is by Toby E. Rosenthal, who was born in Germany in 1848, but was brought ... — Among the Great Masters of Music - Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians • Walter Rowlands
... you to play some instrument to accompany my clavichord, Roy," said Lady Royland, smiling ... — The Young Castellan - A Tale of the English Civil War • George Manville Fenn |