Plural of clavichordist; multiple musicians who play the clavichord.
Simple plural of 'clavichordist' (clavichord player), used when referring to a group of such musicians.
In Bach's time, there were whole communities of clavichordists—they were the session musicians and teachers of the baroque world, though few recordings let us hear how they actually sounded.
Plural '-ists' maintains the masculine default bias of singular form. Collective historical records of ensembles and musicians systematically gendered male despite female participation in keyboard performance.
Use 'clavichordists' as inclusive plural; when possible, use names or specify 'women clavichordists' when recovering historical attribution.
["clavichord players","keyboard musicians"]
Plural historical accounts erase women; recovery efforts show women clavichordists outnumbered men in some Italian court contexts but were omitted from printed music histories.
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