This is the first comprehensive historical and technological study of the pianoforte based on important primary source material. Most histories of the piano begin with its invention by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence in about 1700: this study begins with the earliest fifteenth- and sixteenth-century manuscript sources and extends over Cristofori's rediscovery of the principle of the hammer action, the early exportation of Florentine pianofortes to prominent European courts, and the building of copies of these instruments in Portugal, Spain and Germany. Technical information is presented in a comparative format and the text is illustrated with many photographs, measurements, line drawings and tables. While written primarily for the technical specialist, there is much here of significance for the history of the piano and performance practice.
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DANS LE MÊME RAYON ET SOUVENT ACHETÉ AVEC THE EARLY PIANOFORTE :
JEAN TOURNAY
GRANT O'BRIEN
Notes & propos sur le clavicorde
Ruckers : a harpsichord and virginal building tradition
NOS SUGGESTIONS...
JOHANN PUPPETTO Progresser plus vite au piano
ALEXANDRE SOREL L'art de jouer du piano
CONIL / PASCAL / RIGNOL 10 Ans Avec le Piano des XVIIIe et XIXe SièclesLivre
CONIL ROLAND / PASCAL DENIS / RIGNOL FRANÇOIS-MICHEL 10 ans avec le piano des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles10 ans avec
BOUTHINON-DUMAS BRIGITTE Mémoire d’empreintes, vol. 2 : à l’écoute des deux mains
OLIVIER BELLAMY Dictionnaire amoureux du PianoDictionnaire amoureux
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