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- catalog abstract ""This is the first comprehensive historical and technological study of the pianoforte based on important primary source material. Most histories of the piano commence with its invention by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence in about 1700: this new study begins with fifteenth- and sixteenth-century manuscript sources and extends through 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. Collateral developments of piano mechanisms by early eighteenth-century German and French inventors are presented through translations and transcriptions of original source material. Technical descriptions of all the known pianofortes dating to 1763 are given, including string lengths and striking points, basic case dimensions, and hammer action measurements. The action, soundboards, and case structures are analyzed and compared. Measurements are derived from the author's own examinations of early pianos and do not rely on information from secondary sources. While written primarily for the technical specialist, this study contains much of significance for the history of the piano and performance practice."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b5442477.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""This is the first comprehensive historical and technological study of the pianoforte based on important primary source material. Most histories of the piano commence with its invention by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence in about 1700: this new study begins with fifteenth- and sixteenth-century manuscript sources and extends through 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. Collateral developments of piano mechanisms by early eighteenth-century German and French inventors are presented through translations and transcriptions of original source material. Technical descriptions of all the known pianofortes dating to 1763 are given, including string lengths and striking points, basic case dimensions, and hammer action measurements. The action, soundboards, and case structures are analyzed and compared. Measurements are derived from the author's own examinations of early pianos and do not rely on information from secondary sources. While written primarily for the technical specialist, this study contains much of significance for the history of the piano and performance practice."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- 1. The manuscript of Henri Arnaut of Zwolle and the pianoforte of the fifteenth century -- 2. The pianoforte in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy -- 3. The Gravecembalo col piano e forte of Bartolomeo Cristofori -- 4. The Florentine school after Cristofori -- 5. The Iberian pianoforte -- 6. The pianoforte in Germany -- 7. The pianoforte in France -- Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "xx, 297 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521417295".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge musical texts and monographs".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "786.2/19/09 20".
- catalog subject "ML655 .P64 1994".
- catalog subject "Piano Construction.".
- catalog subject "Piano History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- 1. The manuscript of Henri Arnaut of Zwolle and the pianoforte of the fifteenth century -- 2. The pianoforte in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy -- 3. The Gravecembalo col piano e forte of Bartolomeo Cristofori -- 4. The Florentine school after Cristofori -- 5. The Iberian pianoforte -- 6. The pianoforte in Germany -- 7. The pianoforte in France -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "The early pianoforte / Stewart Pollens.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".