2019
Edité par : Cambridge University Press. Cambridge
Collection : Cambridge companions to music
ISBN : 978-1-107-15607-4
1 vol. (388 p.) ; illustrations, photographies, gravures, exemples musicaux ; 26 cm

Description

This Companion is an invaluable resource for music students and teachers, professional and amateur musicians, scholars, and record collectors. It provides 17 chapters on every aspect of the harpsichord and its music : composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building, by 14 leading experts in the field

Contient : "History and construction of the harpsichord" / John Koster. "The Virginalists" / Pieter Dirksen. "England" / Andrew Woolley. "The Netherlands and Northern Germany" / Ton Koopman. "Southern Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire to 1750" / Pieter Dirksen. "France" / Mark Kroll. "Italy" / Rebecca Cypess. "Portugal" / Joao Pedro d'Alvarenga. "Spain" / Agueda Pedrero-Encabo. "Domenico Scarlatti in Portugal and Spain" / Joao Pedro d'Alvarenga and Agueda Pedrero-Encabo. "Russia" / Marina Ritzarev. "The Nordic and Baltic countries" / Anna Maria McElwain. "The harpsichord in colonial Spanish and Portuguese America" / Pedro Persone. "Bach, Handel, and the harpsichord" / Robert L. Marshall. "The harpsichord in ensemble" / Mark Kroll. "Contemporary harpsichord music" / Larry Palmer. "Tuning and temperament" / Paul Poletti.

Bibliographies. Glossaire. Index