A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments


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The first comprehensive technical and historical study of stringed keyboard instruments from their fourteenth-century origins to modern times.




The Clavichord


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This is a richly illustrated history of the clavichord, the forerunner of the modern piano.







The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord


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Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.




The Encyclopaedia Britannica


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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.




The Encyclopædia Britannica


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