Assertion: clavichord | /r/Desires | few strings
Facets:
value: comparatively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: His remarkable capacity for assimilation has often moved him to write in the style of Wagner or Berlioz, of Händel or Rameau, of Lulli or Charpentier, or even of some English harpsichord or clavichord player of the sixteenth century, like William Byrd-whose airs are introduced quite naturally in the music of Henry VIII, but we must remember that these are deliberate imitations, the amusements of a virtuoso, about which M.This made it possible to use one string for several different notes, and explains why the clavichord or clavicembalo needed comparatively few strings.