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Early Keyboard Instruments in European Museums

Early Keyboard Instruments in European Museums

by Edward L. Kottick (Author), George Lucktenberg (Author)

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    Hardcover 1997

    $38.69
Synopsis

Information for when you travel. By country and city, you are guided to the best instrument collections in Europe. For each site is provided a substantial discussion of the instruments, location, address, and hours of admission. There are abundant black and white (many full-page) photos, a glossary of terms associated with earlier instruments, and an index of makers. -Piano & Keyboard

Growing out of the authors' visits to 47 collections in Europe, this lively guidebook offers intimate glimpses at a great variety of instruments. It focuses on the more important and unusual holdings in each museum, such as the Cristofori pianos in Rome and Leipzig and the earliest known English double-manual instrument-a 1700 harpsichord by Tisseran, now in Oxford. In addition, the authors provide travelers with essential information for each museum.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 308
 Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 01 May 1997
ISBN 10: 0253332397
ISBN 13: 9780253332394
Book Overview: Harpsichords, clavichords, early pianos, and a few exotics in 47 museums in 35 European cities.

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OInformation for when you travel. By country and city, you are guided to the best instrument collections in Europe. For each site is provided a substantial discussion of the instruments, location, address, and hours of admission. There are abundant black and white (many full-page) photos, a glossary of terms associated with earlier instruments, and an index of makers.O NPiano & Keyboard Growing out of the authorsO visits to forty-seven collections in Europe, this lively guidebook offers intimate glimpses at a great variety of instruments. It focuses on the more important and unusual holdings in each museum, such as the Cristofori pianos in Rome and Leipzig and the earliest known English double-manual instrumentNa 1700 harpsichord by Tisseran, now in Oxford. In addition, the authors provide travelers with essential information for each museum.
Author Bio

EDWARD L. KOTTICK, Emeritus Professor of Musicology at the University of Iowa, is author of The Harpsichord Owner's Guide. A builder himself, he writes a regular column in Continuo magazine for owners and builders.
GEORGE LUCKTENBERG, Adjunct Professor of Music and Artist-in-Residence at Reinhardt College, has been director of the Alienor Harpsichord Composition Awards since 1980.