Three pieces for clavecin by Jean-
Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Rigandon-Minuet-Tambourin in their original forms then freely transcribed for piano by Leopold Godowsky and played by James Ching
This programme should appeal to all who are interested in the evolution of the pianoforte. The clavecin, or clavicembalo, was one of the immediate eighteenth-century ancestors of the modern instrument, the strings being struck with a hard crow-quill. It was the chief instrument for accompanying until the introduction of the piano with hammers