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. Bernard Brauchli's comprehensive history fills a major gap in the literature on this instrument. Beginning with the earliest-known references, he 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. Awarded the Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize for 2001, honoring the best book-length organological study in the English language published in 1998/99.
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'... a warm welcome for this handsome, scholarly and approachable book ... as an account of the clavichord's evolution, this one is outstanding'. The Musical Times
'I thought I knew a reasonable amount about the clavichord, but this book told otherwise ... This is a superbly presented and very readable book which I can strongly recommend.' Douglas Hollick, Choir and Organ
'I thought I knew a reasonable amount about the clavichord, but this book told otherwise ... This is a superbly presented and very readable book which I can strongly recommend.' Douglas Hollick, Choir and Organ
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Through extensive literary and pictorial documentation this book traces the clavichord's development from the fourteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries. Written in an accessible and largely non-technical style, this book is rendered accessible to both professional and amateur alike. As there is almost no literature currently available on the subject, this work fills a major gap in the study of Western civilisation's musical heritage.
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For the longest time the clavichord has been the most overshadowed of all keyboard instruments. However, the clavichord, is the most intimate of all. The Clavichord (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs) is the only book that begins with the origin of the clavichord (Monochord) to the nineteenth century revival. The book comes with beautiful pictures of the clavichord along with monographs. This happens to be the most elaborate and sought out book for all clavichord enthusiasts.
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It is often extremely difficult, if not impossible, to determine when, where and how an instrument first appeared. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clavichord building, extant clavichords, keyed monochord, main soundboard, several clavichords, damping cloth, iconographical documents, fretted clavichord, early clavichord, separate outer case, grand fortepiano, second soundboard, small clavichord, upper soundboard, two clavichords, unfretted instruments, good clavichord, brass tangents, clavichord player, plucked keyboard instruments, tuning pins, mechanica organoedi, extant instruments, dulce melos, short octave Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Santa Maria, Arnaut de Zwolle, Dominicus Pisaurensis, Low Countries, Sebastian Virdung, Daniel Gottlob, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Michael Praetorius, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, University of Leipzig, World War, Charles Burney, Middle Ages, Pehr Lindholm, Conrad von Zabern, David Tannenberg, Edwin Ripin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Macario Santiago Kastner, Christian Gottlob Hubert, Frank Hubbard, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Herr Bach New!
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It is often extremely difficult, if not impossible, to determine when, where and how an instrument first appeared. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clavichord building, extant clavichords, keyed monochord, main soundboard, several clavichords, damping cloth, iconographical documents, fretted clavichord, early clavichord, separate outer case, grand fortepiano, second soundboard, small clavichord, upper soundboard, two clavichords, unfretted instruments, good clavichord, brass tangents, clavichord player, plucked keyboard instruments, tuning pins, mechanica organoedi, extant instruments, dulce melos, short octave Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Santa Maria, Arnaut de Zwolle, Dominicus Pisaurensis, Low Countries, Sebastian Virdung, Daniel Gottlob, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Michael Praetorius, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, University of Leipzig, World War, Charles Burney, Middle Ages, Pehr Lindholm, Conrad von Zabern, David Tannenberg, Edwin Ripin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Macario Santiago Kastner, Christian Gottlob Hubert, Frank Hubbard, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Herr Bach New!
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- Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making by Frank Hubbard on 4 pages
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 1 by Philipp Spitta on page 133, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Musical Dictionary by James Grassineau on page 141, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Music Theory by Earl Henry in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Keyboard Music (Dover Music for Piano) by Johann Sebastian Bach on page 227, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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