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Tasti Spezzati

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In Renaissance Italy, keyboard instruments were sometimes provided with extra keys. Black keys were split into front and back halves, giving major and minor semitones in order to distinguish between sharps and flats. On a harpsichord equipped with this device, Christopher Stembridge plays pieces by Frescobaldi and Neapolitan composers including
Carlo Gesualdo , Prince of Venosa.

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Christopher Stembridge
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Carlo Gesualdo
Source: Radio Times

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