Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America 1700-1830 - Couverture rigide

Watson, John R.

 
9780810884854: Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America 1700-1830
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ISBN 10 : 0810884852 ISBN 13 : 9780810884854
Editeur : Scarecrow Press, 2013

Synopsis

Through the instruments that comprise the historical keyboard collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation-including six harpsichords, six spinets, three organs, and twenty three pianos-Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America, 1700-1830 explores the keyboard culture of America in the colonial and Federal eras. Curator and historian John R. Watson illustrates new ways to learn from historic instruments, treating these cultural artifacts as primary documents, through which readers learn about their construction, their period of early use, and their passage through time. The 38 featured instruments are illustrated with color photographs, including many top view and detail photos as well as drawn diagrams. Each instrument serves as a springboard for discussion on the evolution of musical resources, construction technologies, and case decoration. Watson draws on the physical evidence of their manufacture, maintenance, and preservation to illustrate how this breed of instrument altered over time. Other topics include the lives and contributions of individual keyboard makers, including their technological innovations, and patents. The book's visually engaging format and approachable style will appeal to casual as well as academic readers. Technical specifications and pictorial glossary are included in the back. This work is published in conjunction with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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À propos de l?auteur

John R. Watson is the curator of musical instruments at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. His training is in music and his career has included keyboard instrument making and conservation.

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Éditeur
Scarecrow Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0810884852
ISBN 13 
9780810884854
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
150
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780879352585: Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America, 1700-1830

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ISBN 10 :  0879352582 ISBN 13 :  9780879352585
Editeur : Not Avail, 2013
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