VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V28,
Page 117
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:VIRGINAL, or PAIR OF VIRGINALS
, a name applied in See also:England, and also recognized on the See also:continent of See also:Europe, to the See also:spinet, and more especially to the small pentagonal and to the rectangular See also:models
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The word See also:virginal, bestowed because it was pre-eminently the See also:instrument for girls, denotes before all a See also:keyboard instrument, having for each See also:note one See also:string only, plucked by means of a See also:quill attached to a See also:jack.' The See also:fine instrument in the See also:Victoria and See also:Albert Museum, known as See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth's virginal, is an See also:Italian pentagonal spinet, elaborately emblazoned with the coat of arms of the queen, and having a See also:compass of just over four octaves
.
See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. and his daughters, Queen See also:Mary and Queen Elizabeth, were all accomplished performers on the virginal
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