The harpsichord and clavichord : an introductory study / by Raymond Russell.
| Author/creator | Russell, Raymond |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Faber and Faber, [1959] |
| Description | 208 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- The instrument. Harpsichord ; Virginal and spinet ; Clavichord -- Italy -- The Low Countries -- France -- The British isles to 1730 -- The British isles from 1730, Ireland, America -- Germany -- Scandinavia, central and eastern Europe, the Spanish peninsula -- The nineteenth century -- Appendices. Bartolemeo Cristofori ; The cembalo Angelico ; Leopoldo Franciolini ; The Guild of Saint Luke, Antwerp ; Double virginals. Harpsichord and virginals combined ; Letters from G. F. Duarte to Constantijn Huyghens ; An inventory of harpsichords, etc., confiscated from the nobility during the French revolution ; The musical instruments of King Henry VIII ; King Charles I's harpsichord ; Shudi harpsichords with 5 1/2 octaves compass ; Burkat Shudi's retirement ; Handel's harpsichord ; Joshua Shudi ; An improved method of quilling a harpsichord / by Francis Hopkinson ; Letters between Francis Hopkinson, Thomas Jefferson, John Paradise, Charles Burney ; Musical instruments of J. S. Bach ; J. A. Stein ; Keyboard instruments of Queen Maria Barbara of Spain ; Collections of early keyboard instruments. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: pages 190-195. |
| LCCN | a 59007659 |
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