A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
Author:   Stewart Pollens
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9781108421997


Pages:   592
Publication Date:   21 April 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Stewart Pollens
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   1.400kg
ISBN:  

9781108421997


ISBN 10:   1108421997
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   21 April 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Origins of keyboard instruments; 2. Principles of design and construction; 3. The Henri Arnaut manuscript; 4. The renaissance; 5. The Baroque period; 6. Invention of the piano; 7. The classical period; 8. The romantic era; 9. Stagnation and revival; Bibliography; Index.

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Trained as a harpsichord, organ, and violin maker, Stewart Pollens served as the conservator of musical instruments at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1976 to 2006. He has published widely on the history of musical instruments and is the recipient of the American Musical Instrument Society's 1997 Bessaraboff Prize for The Early Pianoforte (Cambridge University Press, 1995).

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