Harpsichord sounds from 1500s' Italy now playing in US
By Associated Press In Sioux Falls, South Dakota | China Daily | Updated: 2015-07-08 07:56
A harpsichord that entertained the elites of Italy in the mid-1500s has been restored by a South Dakota museum and will soon bring its sound to 21st-century ears.
The National Music Museum in Vermilion, which acquired the instrument in 2009, worked with Chilean-born musician Catalina Vicens, who specializes in historical keyboards and percussion instruments, to produce the harpsichord's first full-length recording.
The crowd-funded project resulted in a 20-track disc of compositions that Vicens says would have been performed in Naples when the instrument was in its youth.
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