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the Smithsonian's practice, all these pieces are played on period instruments closely resembling those with which their composers would have been familiar. The two cellos come from eighteenth-century workshops in Paris and London, while Mr. Weaver plays an Italian-style harpsichord copied by Thomas -and Barbara Wolf of The Plains, Virginia, from an instrument of 1694 in the Smithsonian's world-famous Collection of Musical Instruments.
James Weaver is supervisor of the Smithsonian's Division of Cultural History and has been involved with historic instruments and performance programs at the National Museum of American History since 1966. As a performer, he divides his time among harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ, appearing both as a solo artist and in chamber music ensembles throughout
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