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Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making

Frank Hubbard; Foreword-Ralph Kirkpatrick
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Here are the traditions of harpsichord making as they might have been taught to young apprentices in five countries where the craft once flourished: Italy, Flanders, France, England, and Germany. The period covered ranges from approximately 1500, when concrete data became available, to 1800, after which the nature of the instrument is no longer of musicological significance.

The author’s aim is to give enough information to make it possible for builders of harpsichords to base their work on certain knowledge of the designs and methods of earlier makers; to guide players of the harpsichord in their search for appropriate instruments, dispositions, and registrations in recreating the music of the past; and to serve as a useful body of information for historians and editors of early keyboard music.”

A chapter each is devoted to the five most important schools of harpsichord making. Over forty plates illustrate the most typical harpsichords of each country. Each set of drawings includes a plan drawn to scale

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AuthorFrank Hubbard; Foreword-Ralph Kirkpatrick
PublisherHarvard University Press
Year Published1974
Book Condition

VG+ (Very Good plus)

Binding Type

Hardcover original cloth binding.

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