Stringed Keyboard Instruments 1440 1880

Author : Franz Josef Hirt
Publisher : Boston : Boston Book and Art Shop, 1968 [c1955]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stringed Keyboard Instruments, 1440-1880 written by Franz Josef Hirt and published by Boston : Boston Book and Art Shop, 1968 [c1955]. This book was released on 1968 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Franz Josef Hirt
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306511356
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stringed Keyboard Instruments written by Franz Josef Hirt and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1982-08-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin M. Ripin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393305159
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Keyboard Instruments written by Edwin M. Ripin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Grove Musical Instruments Series, a companion to the much-acclaimed New Grove Composer Biography Series, presents in book form many of the lengthy and informative articles published in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Each book is a comprehensive guide to all facets of an instrument: its history, construction, repertory, playing techniques, and makers, written by leading authorities.

Author : Richard Burnett
Publisher : Third Millennium Information Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781903942352
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Company of Pianos written by Richard Burnett and published by Third Millennium Information Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully written history of the piano is at once remarkably informative and uniquely engaging. Performer and historian Richard Burnett traces the development of the piano from its origins to the present day, drawing on keyboard instruments from his internationally known collection, at the Finchcocks Museum in Kent, England.Sixty-one of these instruments, including organs, harpsichords, clavichords, and a wide range of pianos, feature in what amounts to a ground-breaking social history of the piano.Richard Burnett is an international concert pianist who acquired Finchcocks, the beautiful Georgian mansion in 1971 as a home for his collection. His fascinating book ingeniously interweaves the biographies of the pianos with the history of the various manufacturing firms and the remarkable lives of some of the builders and the musicians associated with them, all set against the vividly depicted social backdrop of the periods under review.In the second part of his book, the author looks particularly at how the development of the instruments has influenced the output of the classical composers - Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Weber, Schubert and others. The fast-flowing anecdotal style of the writing means that this will be of interest and entertainment to the general reader, as well as those who already have some knowledge of the subject.The book also includes a comlimentary CD, in which the music of 33 of the Finchcocks period instruments can be heard being played by Richard Burnett and Steven Devine."This is a handsome book and it makes a fine coffee-table present for any music and piano lover." John Amis - broadcaster, music presenter, performer and the 'symphony man' in the long-running radio show, 'My Music'."This book is a landmark in music."Alan Hacker, OBE - one of the world's top clarinettist's."This is the best book I have read (or heard) on the subject and recommend it highly." Rick Ohlendorf, Piano Tuners Association News"After reading Company of Pianos, I found myself playing Beethoven with a heightened awareness ... and for that alone I am grateful." Angela Hewitt, Times Literary Supplement"Anecdotal, wryly humorous and authoritative ...the text of the Company of Pianos by itself would be an essential purchase for pianophiles. But the standard to which the book has been produced is something else." Jeremy Nicholas, Piano International''Company of Pianos might have been entitled 'In the Company of Richard Burnett'.... For those who do not know him and for us all, this is a work that reveals the delightful and impassioned character of one who has done so much for the historical piano, not only as a player and a collector but also as its advocate and true restorer''. Early Music Magazine"The author takes us on a social and historical journey that is entertaining, witty, lucid and informed, but never dull or pedantic. A delight to the mind, the ears and the eyes. The Company of Pianos is good company indeed." Southern California Early Music Society"Every music school, serious pianist, library and early-music enthusiast should have this wonderful volume." Paul James Dwyer, Opus Magazine"... No music lovers, be they pianists, listeners or historians can afford to be without this fascinating and enlightening book." Charlotte Ellis, Newsletter of the Dolmetch FoundationWritten by Richard Burnett

Author : Stewart Pollens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1108421997
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments written by Stewart Pollens and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive technical and historical study of stringed keyboard instruments from their fourteenth-century origins to modern times.

Author : Robert Palmieri
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135949646
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Piano written by Robert Palmieri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Stewart Pollens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110709657X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bartolomeo Cristofori and the Invention of the Piano written by Stewart Pollens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of Bartolomeo Cristofori's working life, featuring detailed technical documentation about his instruments.

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 : Stewart Pollens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521417297
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Pianoforte written by Stewart Pollens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-14 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of the history and technology of the early piano.

Author : Albert Cohen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400853540
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music in the French Royal Academy of Sciences written by Albert Cohen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a colorful period in French social and cultural history, during which music and science combined to provide the intellectual and aesthetic spirit of the Age of Enlightenment with an enormous vitality. Investigating the place assigned to music in France's preeminent scientific institution, the Paris Academy, the author shows the role played by the scientific movement in the evolution of musical thought prior to the Revolution. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.