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Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (born 1715)

Jacques Duphly

French harpsichordist and composer

Jacques Duphly was a French harpsichordist and composer.
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Harpsichord

Plucked-string keyboard instrument

A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one or more strings. The strings are under tension on a…
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