Keyboard/Harpsichord Sheet Music

Here's the only keyboard family member that has literally had two 'renaissances'. Harpsichord actually denominates an entire plucked keyboards family: spinets, muselars, virginals. It was most flowering in the 16th century, Venice being its major supplier-city and J.S. Bach being its most celebrated composer. That's also when the major part of the music repertoire for harpsichord was composed (Byrd, Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart). But this lovely keyboard creature soon had to be 'replaced' with the advent of today's most popular music instrument – piano. But we know that history loves to remind about itself. That's why harpsichord was reborn in the 20th century by such pioneers as Wanda Landowska who gave it a second breath. Today harpsichord is chosen not only because it reminds of the old good days but also due to its unique sounding that’s determined by its original construction and plucking mechanism, unlike piano. As for contemporary music – it receives harpsichord warmly: classical, jazz, pop genres have its sound. Harpsichord can also be heard in TV shows and movies (The Prisoner, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Miss Marple, etc.). MusicaNeo has a 5080 sheet music collection for this instrument.