| Series |
Cambridge musical texts and monographs
Cambridge musical texts and monographs. ^A261190
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| Contents |
Foreword / Christopher Hogwood -- Origins of the clavichord -- The early clavichord: 1400 to the beginning of the sixteenth century -- The clavichord in the sixteenth century -- The clavichord in the seventeenth century -- The clavichord in the eighteenth century -- The clavichord in the early nineteenth century -- Aspects of clavichord performance practice -- Appendix 1. A comprehensive list of iconographical documents on the clavichord ; Appendix 2. Technical terms in five languages ; Appendix 3. Leopoldo Franciolini. |
| Abstract |
The clavichord, forerunner of the piano, was one of the most important instruments in Western keyboard history until the first decades of the nineteenth century. This comprehensive history fills a major gap in the literature on this instrument. Beginning with the earliest-known references, the author traces the clavichord's evolution up to the mid-nineteenth century, ending with a study of performance technique. The clavichord's structural developments (traced largely through an analysis of extant instruments), literary documentation (much of it presented here for the first time in English), treatises and iconographical sources are presented in chronological order. What emerges from this study of the various sources is an overview of the essential role this instrument played both socially and musically for more than four centuries, restoring the clavichord to the position it justly deserves in history. |
| Local note | Little-324725--305131029094. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 97040897 |
| ISBN | 0521630673 (hardcover) |
