Harpsichord Fortepiano

Author : Franz Joseph Haydn
Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 9781457420092
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Piano Sonatas, Volume 1 written by Franz Joseph Haydn and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These three volumes, in practical urtext-pedagogical editions, are designed with the idea that these precious works will be performed on the modern piano. With respect to the original text, Dr. Hinson offers many valuable, stylistically faithful suggestions for interpretation. Volume I is appropriate for progressing intermediate students, and provides a most effective introduction to the great Viennese Classical style.

Author : Derek Adlam
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780747807162
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harpsichord, Clavichord & Fortepiano written by Derek Adlam and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the history of the three types of stringed keyboard instrument that dominated Western music from the sixteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century.The Virginal, which provided the musical accompaniment to the reign of Elizabeth 1st, was part of the family that also included the harpsichord, which was the concert keyboard for over two hundred years, and its smaller cousin the spinet, which could be found in ladies' chambers across Europe. But not every polite lady owned a spinet - for some this instrument, with its plucked strings, was altogether too harsh -and the clavichord, which used flexible quills to stroke the strings, was much a much gentler option. In the latter part of the eighteenth century a new type of keyboard began to sweep all of these instruments into history: the fortepiano, the forerunner of the piano. This instrument used hammers to strike the strings, giving the possibility, for the first time, of real dynamic contrast.

Author : Eva Badura-Skoda
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253022649
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons written by Eva Badura-Skoda and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Badura-Skoda addresses the place of the piano in the eighteenth century from the perspective of a scholar and performer” (Eighteenth-Century Music). In the late seventeenth century, Italian musician and inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori developed a new musical instrument—his cembalo che fa il piano e forte, which allowed keyboard players flexible dynamic gradation. This innovation, which came to be known as the hammer-harpsichord or fortepiano grand, was slow to catch on in musical circles. However, as renowned piano historian Eva Badura-Skoda demonstrates, the instrument inspired new keyboard techniques and performance practices and was eagerly adopted by virtuosos of the age, including Scarlatti, J. S. Bach, Clementi, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Presenting a rich array of archival evidence, Badura-Skoda traces the construction and use of the fortepiano grand across the musical cultures of eighteenth-century Europe, providing a valuable resource for music historians, organologists, and performers. “Badura-Skoda has written a remarkable volume, the result of a lifetime of scholarly research and investigation. . . . Essential.” —Choice

Author : Samuel Arnold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Six overtures for the harpsichord or piano forte written by Samuel Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1775 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harpsichord & Fortepiano written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Igor Kipnis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135949786
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harpsichord and Clavichord written by Igor Kipnis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Nancy Lee Harper
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810883007
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Portuguese Piano Music written by Nancy Lee Harper and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first book of its kind, Nancy Lee Harper’s Portuguese Piano Music: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography fills the gap in the historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start in the 18th century to the present. While although Spanish piano music is well documented owing to the reputation of such composers as Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, and Manuel de Falla, our knowledge of compositions in the tradition of Portuguese piano music has not fared as well, barring the work of Carlos Seixas (1704–1742). This obscurity, however, reflects poorly on the history of early piano music in light of the many compositions written for fortepiano on behalf of the Portuguese court during the first half of the 18th century. Indeed, it was in the royal halls of King John V during his reign from 1706 to 1750 where the early fortepiano was frequently heard. In Portuguese Piano Music, Harper explores this rich musical tradition, offering a brief introduction to the pianistic history of Portugal and overviews of Portugal’s contributions to solo piano music, piano in instrumental chamber music, piano concerti, piano for multiple pianists including with works with electronics, and didactic piano. While paying close attention to female composers, Harper adds an annotated and graded bibliography that presents readers with a comprehensive inventory of compositions. Appendixes include a selected discography, list of publishers, and other types of critical source information. To further illustrate its contents, Portuguese Piano Music contains a CD on which Harper performs representative repertoire, some of which are world premieres. This work is aimed at pianists, teachers, pupils, musicologists, and music lovers seeking to discover the remarkable world of Portuguese piano music.

Author : Thomas Sanders Dupuis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eight easy lessons for the harpsichord or piano forte written by Thomas Sanders Dupuis and published by . This book was released on 1785 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wolfgang Zuckermann
Publisher : [New York] : October House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Harpsichord written by Wolfgang Zuckermann and published by [New York] : October House. This book was released on 1969 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: October 2004

Author : Peter Cooper
Publisher : Alma Books
ISBN 13 : 0714544906
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Style in Piano Playing written by Peter Cooper and published by Alma Books. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for its versatility, the piano has played a majorrole both in musical development and in the shaping ofpublic taste. Throughout its history it has always remainedat the centre of the music scene as the composer's tool, thevirtuoso's partner and the accompanist's mainstay.Style in Piano Playing is a book not only about the piano,its uses and performers, but also about the music writtenfor the piano. In it, the author shows how the great pianistsof the past built their programmes, tells of how they werereceived and takes a critical look at the history of musicaltaste.