Early Pianoforte

Klappentext This is the first comprehensive study of the history and technology of the early piano. Zusammenfassung This is the first comprehensive historical and technological study of the pianoforte. It begins with the earliest manuscript sources and then focuses on the 'invention' of the piano in Florence in 1700. The text is illustrated with many photographs! measurements! line drawings and tables. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The Manuscript of Arnaut of Zwolle and the Pianoforte of the Fifteenth Century; 2. The Bonafinis Spinet: An Early Tangent Pianoforte; 3. The Gravecembalo col piano e forte of Bartolomeo Cristofori; 4. The Florentine School after Cristofori; 5. The Iberian Pianoforte; 6. The Pianoforte in Germany; 7. The Pianoforte in France; Conclusion.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stewart Pollens, Stewart (Metropolitan Museum of Art Pollens, Pollens Stewart
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521111553
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11155-3
• Seiten: 320
• Serie: Cambridge Musical Texts and Mo
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Instrumentenkunde