Stewart Pollens
A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
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The book explores keyboard instruments' history, design, and development, including structural and mechanical developments and the early music revival. It identifies and describes the types of instruments played by major composers and virtuosi and provides instructions on regulating, stringing, tuning, and voicing.
Format: Hardback
Length: 592 pages
Publication date: 21 April 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
The history of keyboard instruments is explored in this book, which traces their origins back to the fourteenth century and follows their development through the medieval, renaissance, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, as well as the early music revival. Stewart Pollens identifies and describes the types of keyboard instruments played by major composers and virtuosi throughout history, and provides detailed instructions on their regulating, stringing, tuning, and voicing based on historical sources. The book covers a wide range of keyboard instruments, including the harpsichord, piano, organ, and clavichord, and explores their design, construction, and performance techniques. It also discusses the influence of keyboard instruments on music and culture throughout history and their continued relevance in modern music.
Weight: 14g
Dimension: 260 x 183 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108421997
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