Modern Harpsichord

Author : Edward L. Kottick
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469610604
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harpsichord Owner's Guide written by Edward L. Kottick and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kottick presents technical information in an accessible, but entertaining, way: the forms and styles of harpsichords, advice on purchasing decisions, maintenance techniques (such as voicing, regulating, and changing strings, tongues, plectra, springs, and dampers), aids in troubleshooting common problems, and detailed instructions on tuning and temperament. As builder of some thirty keyboard instruments, Kottick is well qualified to speak on the subject.

Author : Wolfgang Zuckermann
Publisher : [New York] : October House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Harpsichord written by Wolfgang Zuckermann and published by [New York] : October House. This book was released on 1969 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: October 2004

Author : Edward L. Kottick
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253341662
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Harpsichord written by Edward L. Kottick and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of the Harpsichord brings together for the first time more than 200 photographs, illustrations, and drawings of harpsichords in public museums and private collections throughout Europe the United States. Edward L. Kottick draws on his extensive technical knowledge and experience as a harpsichord builder to detail the changing design, structure, and acoustics of the instrument over seven centuries.Based on painstaking research, the book considers the place of the instrument in society and vividly describes the market forces that brought about changes in its form, decoration, and cultural importance. An accompanying CDincludes performances on several of the historical instruments described and illustrated in the volume, including a 1580 spinett virginal by Martin van der Biest and instruments built by Ruckers and Pleyel. The volume devotes attention to American harpsichord design as well as to present and future uses of the instrument.Also of interestThe History of the PianoforteA Documentary in SoundEva Badura-Skoda0-253-33582-5 HB £37.95

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Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Harpsichord Music written by and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1995-02-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discography and bibliography of music written for the modern harpsichord, this volume features more than 800 mass-marketed recordings of some 600 compositions written after the revival of the harpsichord (ca. 1889). Also included is information pertaining to performances of compositions arranged for harpsichord. Although the modern harpsichord is a much greater part of 20th-century music than one might imagine, it is about to become a relic because of its historical incorrectness. This will leave sound recordings as the prime medium of information for contemporary compositions, most of which cannot be adequately performed on any other instrument. The modern harpsichord consists of two manuals with at least four stops—one 4-foot, two 8-foot, and one 16-foot—operated by pedals. This type of harpsichord (except for the 16-foot stop) has been in existence since 1889. The new design, popular for many years, has fallen on hard times due to its lack of resonance and its historically inaccurate disposition of stops. Because it may well become an instrument of the past, this volume, which documents music composed specifically for the modern harpsichord, is especially valuable.

Author : Wolfgang Joachim Zuckermann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780720601015
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Harpsichord written by Wolfgang Joachim Zuckermann and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ruth Nurmi
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810818866
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Plain & Easy Introduction to the Harpsichord written by Ruth Nurmi and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides basic information on the harpsichord, best-known instrument of baroque music, including physical properties, kinds of harpsichords available, instruction on tuning and common maintenance problems, explanations of technique and fingering, tempo, registration, ensemble playing, and special notational problems.

Author : Igor Kipnis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135949778
Total Pages : 1323 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harpsichord and Clavichord written by Igor Kipnis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 1323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Harpsichord and Clavichord, An Encyclopedia includes articles on this family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instruments builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world. It completes the three-volume Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments.

Author : Mark Kroll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108667929
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord written by Mark Kroll and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by fourteen leading experts in the field, this Companion covers almost every aspect of the harpsichord - the history of the instrument, tuning systems, the role of the harpsichord in ensemble, its use in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and includes separate chapters devoted to Domenico Scarlatti, J. S. Bach and Handel. Chapters featuring almost every national style are written by authors with close connections to the countries about which they are writing, including England, The Netherlands, Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, as well as the less extensive harpsichord traditions of Russia, the Nordic and Baltic countries, and colonial Spanish and Portuguese America. With musical examples, illustrations, a timeline of the harpsichord, and an appendix of composers, reliable editions and original sources, this book is for all who love the harpsichord, or want to learn more about it.

Author : Wolfgang Joachim Zuckermann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Harpsichord written by Wolfgang Joachim Zuckermann and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Howard Schott
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486422343
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Playing the Harpsichord written by Howard Schott and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise volume offers both a practical manual for performers and an authoritative history of the instrument. Includes advice on mastering basic touch, fingering, articulation and phrasing, rhythm and tempo, ornaments, more.