Three centuries of harpsichord making

Book Summary

"... The efect of this book for one reader, to speak for myself, has been to clear away many of the preconcepcions and erroneus notions with which the aesthetic of the modern harpsichor has benn burdened. It immensely clarifies the performer's ideas of the manner in wich harpsichord composers used the instruments available to them, and it makes possible for the harpsichor builder a total and in many cases highly desirable re-examination of his craft. It is unlikely that a book will soon again appear that will have such a far-reaching influence in the harpsichord world." Del prólogo de Ralph Kirkpatrick.

CONTENIDO:

1- Italy
2- Flandres
3- France
4- England
5- Germany
6- The Workshop
- Appendix A - Contemporary Descriptions of Instruments
- Appendix B - Contemporary Descriptions of Technical Processes
- Appendix C - Inventories of the Workshops of French Harpsichord Makers and of Instruments in the Hands of French Musicians
- Appendix D - Inventions Applied to the Harpsichord
- Appendix E - The Pedal
- Appendix F - The Gut-stringed Harpsichord
- Appendix G - The Bach Disposition
- Appendix H - The Claviorganum
- Appendix I - The Manuscript of Pierre Trichet
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Plates I-XLI