The Piano-ForteOriginally published in 1933, this book provides a detailed history of the piano-forte from its invention in Italy in the eighteenth century until the presentation of the first European cast-iron frame for a piano at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Harding also analyses the role of the piano as a replacement for a chamber orchestra and its history as a domestic instrument. The text is richly illustrated with images of pianos produced by a variety of makers over time, as well as with images of piano machinery taken from patent registrations. This thoroughly-researched book will be of value to anyone with an interest in one of the most ubiquitous instruments in the Western world and the history of its development. |
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Inhoudsopgave
THE PIANOFORTE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 1 |
Pantaleon Hebenstreit is the first to discover pianistic effects and to design an instrument | 18 |
III | 61 |
Cristoforis influence on pianoforte construction in Germanyhis pianoforte of r7zohis | 74 |
Later developments in France page 7 3 | 78 |
granted in connection with pianofortes to McLean I796Crehore settles at Boston | 83 |
Devices for the purpose of sustaining the tone page | 94 |
The Tangent Action and the Cembalo Stop page 48 | 112 |
The metal frame page | 198 |
Pitch and temperament page | 213 |
The upright Pianoforte page | 221 |
The Pianoforte in England page 53 | 236 |
Some other types of Pianofortes in the home page | 260 |
Pedal transposing and selfacting Pianofortes | 276 |
Tuning the Pianoforte and apparatus | 294 |
A Technical terms page | 309 |
Turkish musicthe Russian Horn bandRussian nobles not content with their Horn | 124 |
SECTION II | 151 |
The concert grand Pianoforte page I 5 1 | 177 |
Concerning Wire 3 59 | 373 |
H A note on pedal signs | 410 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Piano-Forte |
| Auteur | Rosamond E. M. Harding |
| Uitgever | Cambridge University Press, 2014 |
| ISBN | 1107418275, 9781107418271 |
| Lengte | 528 pagina's |
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