| Variant title |
Keyboard instruments in 18th-century Vienna |
| Contents |
A note on eighteenth-century Viennese measures, currency, and addresses -- Introduction -- Terminology -- Viennese keyboard-instrument makers -- Harpsichords, spinets, and clavichords -- Fortepianos -- Music and instruments before 1770 -- Music and instruments, 1770-1800 -- Owners, dealers, and prices -- Table 1: Annual numbers of keyboard instruments advertised -- Table 2: Annual numbers of classified advertisements -- Appendix A. Advertisements for keyboard instruments, 1721-1800 -- Appendix B. Viennese keyboard-instrument makers, 1700-1800 -- Appendix C. Owners and sellers, 1700-1800 -- Appendix D. Advertisements for keyboard music, 1725-1784. |
| Abstract |
Although eighteenth-century Viennese keyboard music, especially by such composers as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, is among the most popular ever written, there has been surprisingly little serious research into the instruments for which it was composed. This book fills that gap. Based on evidence from primary source material, much of it previously undiscovered or neglected, the author traces the history and development of the various keyboard instruments available in Vienna throughout the eighteenth century--harpsichords, clavichords, and pianos--and their use by composers and performers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index. |
| LCCN | 97032613 |
| ISBN | 0198166370 |
