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The 22 pages that link to Harpsichord, each with the reason it gives.

• Baroque musicRelated: It was a principal instrument for continuo playing and solo repertoire.

• Basso continuoRelated: It commonly provides continuo chords with a clear, sustaining rhythmic foundation.

• The Well-Tempered ClavierRelated: The collection belongs to the historical sound world of Bach’s keyboard instruments.

• Figured bassRelated: Harpsichordists commonly realized figured bass as the harmonic foundation of Baroque ensembles.

• Musical temperamentRelated: Historical harpsichords often used temperaments suited to the keys and repertoire performed.

• French Baroque musicRelated: It anchored French solo keyboard repertory and continuo accompaniment.

• Domenico ScarlattiRelated: Scarlatti’s sonatas exploit its crisp attack and ability to articulate rapid passagework.

• ClavichordRelated: It developed alongside the clavichord but produces sound through a different string-excitation mechanism.

• Goldberg VariationsRelated: Bach’s first edition specifies two manuals, allowing some variations to use hand crossings and different keyboards.

• François CouperinRelated: Couperin wrote extensively for this instrument, exploiting its ornaments and contrasting registers.

• Bartolomeo CristoforiRelated: Cristofori built harpsichords before developing a hammer-action keyboard instrument.

• Brandenburg ConcertosRelated: It supplies continuo and, in the fifth concerto, takes an extended solo role.

• Girolamo FrescobaldiRelated: Many of his keyboard compositions circulated for harpsichord as well as organ.