The harpsichord and clavichord : an introductory study / by Raymond Russell.

Author/creator Russell, Raymond
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Faber and Faber, [1959]
Description208 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 noteBibliography: pages 190-195.
LCCNa 59007659

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