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clavier
[ kluh-veer, klav-ee-er, kley-vee- ]
noun
- the keyboard of a musical instrument.
- Also ·. any musical instrument having a keyboard, especially a stringed keyboard instrument, as a harpsichord, clavichord, or piano.
clavier
/ kləˈvɪə; ˈklævɪə /
noun
- any keyboard instrument
- the keyboard itself
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Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clavier1
First recorded in 1700–10, and in 1835–45 clavier fordef 2; from French: literally, “keyboard,” in Old French “keyholder,” equivalent to Latin 屹() “key” + -ier noun suffix; clavier def 2 is from German Klavier, in turn from French as above -ier 2
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clavier1
C18: from French: keyboard, from Old French (in the sense: key bearer), from Latin 屹 key
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But church elders reined in Antes when he tried to add keyboarding instruments, called claviers, to his product line, according to a passage in the 1762 minutes of “Bethlehem Elder Conference” that Shatto cited.
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The title of his famous collection of fugues, 'The Well-Tempered Clavier', does not allude to his clavier's behaviour.
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He played the clavier and the harpsichord both.
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As the historian Paul Johnson recounts in Mozart: A Life, Mozart began playing the clavier at age 4 and was composing at 5.
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The elevator does not go to the clavier cabin.
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