Virginals
Flemish virginals by Hans Ruckers, 1583, Antwerp (Paris, Musée de la Musique). Note the inset keyboard placed left of centre. | |
| Classification | Keyboard instrument |
|---|---|
| Playing range | |
| C2/E2 to C6 (45 notes); some Italian models C2 to F6 (54 notes) | |
| Related instruments | |
| harpsichord, spinet, clavicytherium | |
The virginals[a] is a keyboard instrument of the harpsichord family. It was popular in Europe during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.
- ^ Vermeer: Painting of 'Lady Seated at the Virginals'. Web.archive.org
- ^ "A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals by Johannes Vermeer". Philamuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
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