Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord

Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

Table des matières

Introduction; 1. History and construction of the harpsichord John Koster; 2. The Virginalists Pieter Dirksen; 3. England Andrew Woolley; 4. The Netherlands and Northern Germany Ton Koopman; 5. Southern Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire to 1750 Pieter Dirksen; 6. France Mark Kroll; 7. Italy Rebecca Cypess; 8. Portugal João Pedro d'Alvarenga; 9. Spain Águeda Pedrero-Encabo; 10. Domenico Scarlatti in Portugal and Spain João Pedro d'Alvarenga and Águeda Pedrero-Encabo; 11. Russia Marina Ritzarev; 12. The Nordic and Baltic countries Anna Maria McElwain; 13. The harpsichord in colonial Spanish and Portuguese America Pedro Persone; 14. Bach, Handel and the harpsichord Robert L. Marshall; 15. The harpsichord in ensemble Mark Kroll; 16. Contemporary harpsichord music Larry Palmer; 17. Tuning and temperament Paul Poletti.

Résumé

This Companion is an invaluable resource for music students and teachers, professional and amateur musicians, scholars and record collectors. It provides seventeen chapters on every aspect of the harpsichord and its music - composers, genres, national styles, tuning and the art of harpsichord building - by fourteen leading experts in the field.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mark (Boston University) Kroll
• Collaboration: Mark Kroll (Editeur), Mark (Boston University) Kroll (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781316609705
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60970-5
• Pages: 406
• Thèmes: Cambridge Companions to Music; Cambridge Companions to Music
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Autres