The early piano has grown in popularity over recent years. It is now recognized as a window to the past and indispensable in revealing the sounds in the ears of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century composers. Fulfilling a need for a comprehensive study of early pianos, Makers of the Piano 1700-1820 is the first book to present details about all known extant pianos built during the earliest years of the instrument's existence. Biographical information about each maker and such details about his instruments as the place and date of manufacture, style, compass, case description and measurements, strings, action, stops, pedals, and present and former owners are given. Bibliographical references are listed separately for the individual pianos. Builders whose pianos have been lost are identified; however, anonymous pianos have not been included unless an attribution to a known maker is likely. Principal collections with their catalogues and an exhaustive bibliography complete this valuable reference work.
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"An important and unique addition to the reference shelf....No university-level library with a respectable music collection should be without this excellent new source. Very highly recommended."--Choice
"Essential for scholars, craftsmen, museum curators, dealers, collectors and antiquarians."--Times Literary Supplement
"The associated bibliography of books, articles and sources is an impressive testimony to her thoroughness, and particularly useful in its own right....A very impressive first edition."--Galpin Society Journal
"[An] extraordinary achievement....Until now, there has been no comprehensive dictionary of the instruments and their makers....A reference work valuable not only for specialists, but also for students of performance practice in general."--Performance Practice Review
"[An] indispensable book....The author's industry in compiling material...is an impressive accomplishment."--Notes
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Martha Novak Clinkscale is at University of California, Riverside.
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