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A History of the Harpsichord
Author: Edward L. Kottick
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 606
ISBN-13: 9780253341662
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A History of the Harpsichord brings together for the first time more than 200 photographs, illustrations, and drawings of harpsichords in public museums and private collections throughout Europe the United States. Edward L. Kottick draws on his extensive technical knowledge and experience as a harpsichord builder to detail the changing design, structure, and acoustics of the instrument over seven centuries.Based on painstaking research, the book considers the place of the instrument in society and vividly describes the market forces that brought about changes in its form, decoration, and cultural importance. An accompanying CDincludes performances on several of the historical instruments described and illustrated in the volume, including a 1580 spinett virginal by Martin van der Biest and instruments built by Ruckers and Pleyel. The volume devotes attention to American harpsichord design as well as to present and future uses of the instrument.Also of interestThe History of the PianoforteA Documentary in SoundEva Badura-Skoda0-253-33582-5 HB £37.95
The Harpsichord and Clavichord
Author: Igor Kipnis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 1135949786
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Harpsichord and Clavichord, An Encyclopedia includes articles on this family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instruments builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world. It completes the three-volume Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments.
Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Music
Author: Robert Marshall
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-03-01
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 1135887764
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach
Author: David Schulenberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 1136091548
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach provides an introduction to and comprehensive discussion of all the music for harpsichord and other stringed keyboard instruments by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Often played today on the modern piano, these works are central not only to the Western concert repertory but to musical pedagogy and study throughout the world. Intended as both a practical guide and an interpretive study, the book consists of three introductory chapters on general matters of historical context, style, and performance practice, followed by fifteen chapters on the individual works, treated in roughly chronological order. The works discussed include all of Bach's individual keyboard compositions as well as those comprising his famous collections, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier, the English and French Suites, and the Art of Fugue.
J.S. Bach's Great Eighteen Organ Chorales
Author: Russell Stinson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780195165562
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Stinson's book is completely up-to-date and presents a wealth of new material - particularly involving chronology and music style - never before available in English. An exhaustive bibliography is provided as well as copious musical examples and facsimile reproductions from the autograph. For even the most seasoned Bach aficionado, this study will open up fresh perspectives on some of the composer's greatest creations."--Jacket.
From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory
Author: Michael R. Dodds
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2023-12-05
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 0199338159
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory addresses one of the broadest and most elusive open topics in music history: the transition from the Renaissance modes to the major and minor keys of the high Baroque. Through deep engagement with the corpus of Western music theory, author Michael R. Dodds presents a model to clarify the factors of this complex shift.
The Registration of Baroque Organ Music
Author: Barbara Owen
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780253210852
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Each part starts with a brief description of the political and religious climate of the period and the way such factors affected the compositions and the organ-building of the time.
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