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This book, intended as a source of information for all those concerned with early keyboard instruments, has been compiled with the help of owners, curators and restorers worldwide. The first 84 tables give measurements of surviving strings on a Swedish clavichord, 6 harpsichords and spinets, 39 fortepianos and upright pianos, and 38 square pianos, together with speaking lengths, gauge numbers where they exist, and calculated tensions. These tensions are presented in graph form, with a description of the benefits to be gained from studying and comparing stringing patterns in this way. 48 further tables give more diameter measurements, and record many more gauge number markings, for comparison with the principal tables. A final section gives all the information necessary to calculate diameters and tensions of plain, open-spun and close-spun strings, with blank graph sheets to photocopy as required.

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Despite the revival of interest in the harpsichord during the last thirty years, there have been few books describing the general history of the instrument. Such pioneering works as those by Raymond Russell (The Harpsichord and Clavichord [London: Faber and Faber, 1959; New York: W. W. Norton, 1973]), and Frank Hubbard (Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making [Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974]) have both been superseded in many respects by the recent work of specialist authors. The amount and depth of specialization we have seen during the last thirty years in this area...

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Publisher: München [etc.]: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1975.
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The 1723 Il Gabinetto Armonica, famous collection of copperplates by van Westerhout, shows every important instrument of the day in exceptional detail: organs, harpsichords, violins, horns, drums, etc.; plus folk instruments of Europe and the Orient. Features 152 full-page, beautiful copperplates.

Paperback: 301 pages.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English

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The Chinese instrumentarium is unquestionably the largest and most diverse of any civilization, ancient or modern. Inscriptions on tortoise shells and cow bones from more than 3000 years ago recorded various instruments including drums, stone chimes, and panpipes. In this volume, Alan R. Thrasher discusses the evolution of Chinese musical instruments, detailing their construction, regional variations, and role in musical accompaniment. About the Author. Alan Thrasher is at University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Hardcover: 124 pages.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English

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Actas del I y II symposium Internacional "Diego Fernández" de música de tecla española en Vera-Mojácar 2000-2001

Hardcover: 259 pages.
Publisher: Instituto de estudios almerienses (Diputación de Almería)
Language: Spanish

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Hardcover: 166 pages.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (April 2, 2001)
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Paperback: 166 pages.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (March 26, 2001)
Language: English

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Unknown Binding: 153 pages.
Publisher: The Holland Press (1960)
Language: English

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David Munrow introduces the full range of medieval and renaissance musical instruments in this newly remastered version for DVD. It was originally made as a six-part series for Granada Television, and filmed at Ordsall Hall, Salford. It represents a fascinating introduction to early musical instruments and features many memorable performances. Instruments such as the shawm, viol, crumhorn, recorder, regal, lute, tromba marina and serpent - and many more - are demonstrated with virtuosity and panache. David Munrow (1942-1976) was an English musician who brought a pioneering approach to the music of the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods. A virtuosic performer on the recorder and early wind instruments, he directed his ensemble, The Early Music Consort of London in a series of landmark recordings of early music. As well as performing and directing, he also provided the music for several films and television series, as well as writing the definitive book on early musical instruments.

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Publisher: Kibea Publishing Company
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Publisher: Könemann (Tandem Verlag GmbH)
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Descripciones y fotografías de instrumentos musicales antiguos, europeos de diversas épocas, de la colección del Deutsches Museum München . Fotografías en blanco y negro y algunas radiografías.

: 384 pages.
Publisher: Verlag Erwin Bochinsky
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Ein Jubiläumsbuch, 400 S. mit zahlreichen Farbtafeln und s/w-Abb., Leinen mit vierfarbigem Schutzumschlag

Turtleback: 400 pages.
Publisher: Edition Moeck 4039
Language: German

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This lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earliest days to contemporary instruments. This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available information about the important contributions of the Steinway Company; and describes the most recent changes to the piano. The first edition of this book received the Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society as the best musicological book in English published in 1982-83.

Hardcover: 400 pages.
Publisher: Stanford University Press; 2 edition (March 15, 2001)
Language: English

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This lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earliest days to contemporary instruments. This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available information about the important contributions of the Steinway Company; and describes the most recent changes to the piano. The first edition of this book received the Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society as the best musicological book in English published in 1982-83.

Paperback: 400 pages.
Publisher: Stanford University Press; 2 edition
Language: English

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This package includes a beautiful presentation booklet, over 200 pages long and abundantly illustrated, as well as eight CDs of recorded examples of the instruments that shed new light upon major periods of music history. A perfect synthesis of the music lover's thirst for knowledge with the sheer pleasure of hearing these historical instruments, this is an affordable instructional tool for teachers--the perfect way to introduce students to historical instruments!

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Publisher: Madrid: Taurus, 1990.
Language: Castellano

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Tapa blanda: 264 pages.
Publisher: Ma non Troppo
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Publisher: Ediciones Centurión; Buenos Aires. 1st. ed. edition (January 1, 1947)
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Se describen instrumentos y mecanismos de los fondos del Museo Viadrina de Frankfurt.

: 300 pages.
Publisher: Editorial Breitkopf & Härtel
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Compendio de varios artículos sobre la reconstrucción de los instrumentos de cuerda que aparecen en las esculturas del Pórtico de la Gloria y el Palacio de Gelmirez de Santiago de Compostela, realizado por un grupo de artesanos e investigadores de instrumentos tradicionales. Muy bien editado e ilustrado con excelentes fotografías de los instrumentos terminados y de las esculturas originales. En los artículos se abordan diferentes aspectos del proceso de reconstrucción y que pasos se dieron para realizarla, que decisiones se tomaron para suplir lo que la piedra no puede reflejar y el porqué.

Rústica: 315 pages.
Publisher: Centro de Artesanía e Deseño de Galicia. Deputación Provincial de Lugo.
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Préface de Annie Bélis ; ouvrage publié avec le concours de l'Université de Bretagne-Sud.

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Publisher: Paris ; Montreal: L'Harmattan, D.L.1999.
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Libro pequeño y caro. During Japan's early history, musical instruments were seen as sources of ritual power, allowing performers to call up divine forces for inspiration and aid. As Japan developed a court and then an urbanized society, instrumental performance remained at the heart of aesthetic experience,. playing diverse roles expanded to cover nearly every part of the society. Illustrated with images drawn from picture scrolls as well as photographs of instruments as they are used in performance, Japanese Musical Instruments is a complete survey of traditional instruments. The book includes literary references to musical instruments from sources that span the tenth to the. twentieth centuries, and it describes in detail the musical instruments' dual roles as 'instruments of culture' and as devices for producing sound. Easy to use and concise, the book is a readable overview of the nation's musical heritage.

Hardcover: 128 pages.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English

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Mejor libro técnico-científico 2002, del Ministerio de Cultura El trabajo del musicólogo madrileño Rafael Pérez Arroyo , al que ha dedicado 10 años de investigación, se presenta en un libro de cerca de 500 páginas, lujosamente editado por el Centro de Estudios Egipcios, de Madrid. Se trata del primero de los cuatro que sobre la música del Antiguo Egipcio se propone sacar a la luz el autor. A este fin, cuenta ya con un material de más de 20.000 folios y otras tantas imágenes, entre fotografías, planos, grabados, etc. El autor ha contado con la colaboración de la también experta en la Antigüedad egipcia y bioquímica Syra Bonet , así como con un equipo de expertos, integrado por traductores, filólogos, dibujantes, diseñadores, constructores de instrumentos, ingenieros de sonido, arquitectos y especialistas en lengua egipcia y en fonética. Especial bibliográfico sobre el Antiguo Egipto

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Mejor libro técnico-científico 2002, del Ministerio de Cultura El trabajo del musicólogo madrileño Rafael Pérez Arroyo , al que ha dedicado 10 años de investigación, se presenta en un libro de cerca de 500 páginas, lujosamente editado por el Centro de Estudios Egipcios, de Madrid. Se trata del primero de los cuatro que sobre la música del Antiguo Egipcio se propone sacar a la luz el autor. A este fin, cuenta ya con un material de más de 20.000 folios y otras tantas imágenes, entre fotografías, planos, grabados, etc. El autor ha contado con la colaboración de la también experta en la Antigüedad egipcia y bioquímica Syra Bonet , así como con un equipo de expertos, integrado por traductores, filólogos, dibujantes, diseñadores, constructores de instrumentos, ingenieros de sonido, arquitectos y especialistas en lengua egipcia y en fonética. Especial bibliográfico sobre el Antiguo Egipto

Cartoné: 498 pages.
Publisher: Centro de Estudios Egipcios / Pozuelo de Alarcón, 2001)
Language: Español

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Introducción -La música en la época de Leonardo (Andrés Ruiz Tarazona) Área del conocimiento -Leonardo, Juan de Espina y los códices de Madrid (Alfredo Melgar) -Árbol de la sabiduría -Los ordenadores Instrumentos -Instrumentos menores -Instrumentos modernos -Instrumentos mayores . La lira de plata . El órgano de papel . La viola organista Mesas temáticas -Leonardo da Vinci y la música (Carlos Velilla) -La exposición Experimentos interactivos Proyecciones Cronología

Hardcover: 240 pages.
Publisher: Villamonte Editores / Madrid, 2003
Language: Castellano

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incluye 119 fotografías en color y 51 en negro

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Publisher: A. de Visscher
Language: Francés

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Contiene: Vol.1 - Vol.2. Mucho texto, Parece todo percusión.

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Publisher: Madrid: Música Mundana, D.L.1996.
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Encuentro Tomás Luis de Victoria y la música española del siglo XVI (1. Mayo 1993. Avila)

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Publisher: Avila: Fundación Cultural Santa Teresa, D.L.1997.
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Publisher: Berkeley, Calif: Fallen Leaf Press, cop. 1998.
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Publisher: R H Wood
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La música griega antigua presenta graves problemas a la hora de valorar sus muchas aunque contradictorias fuentes. Ello se debe a que los musicólogos, gramáticos y poetas que hablan de la música y de cualquiera de sus manifestaciones pertenecen, por lo general, a un periodo histórico alejado de aquél al que hacen referencia o, sencillamente, porque desconocen las fuentes originales y el contexto temporal e incluso geográfico del que éstas emanan. Acudiendo por ello al conjunto de fuentes disponibles, sin desechar ninguna, fuentes principalmente griegas aunque, en ocasiones, también romanas, la presentee monografía analiza los instrumentos empleados por los pueblos griegos y aporta un glosario donde se mencionan todos los instrumentos de los que tenemos noticia.

: 240 pages.
Publisher: KRK ediciones
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Paperback: 115 pages.
Publisher: Mac & Me Ltd (Aug 1986)
Language: English

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This book uses all the resources available to establish what each instrument in the bible really was, what it looked like, and how it was played and is arranged in the same order as the King James Bible, with explanation where this differs from other versions in English. As well as a full bibliography, there are three indexes. About the Author Jeremy Montagu is a private museum curator in Oxford. He is a retired Oxford University lecturer and curator of the Bate Collection of Historical Instruments, has published several books on musical instruments, and written for such journals as the Galpin Society Journal, Early Music, and FoMRHI Quarterly. He has also contributed entries for the New Grove Dictionary of Music (2000), New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984), and The Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Arts (1990).

Hardcover: 192 pages.
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. (December 2002)
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Publisher: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
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Publisher: London: Black, 1921.
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This is a comprehensive survey designed to explain how Western musical instruments work, how they developed historically, how they are manufactured, and how they are used to make music. After introducing the nature of sounds in music, and the sound production mechanisms of different families of instruments, the authors survey each family in turn, giving a description of the distinguishing acoustical features, the various forms of instruments adopted in different periods, the variety of sizes and shapes in current use, the manufacturing processes, and the playing techniques commonly used by performers. The full index and glossary also contain definitions of technical terms and notes on instruments not included in the text.

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Unknown Binding: 167 pages.
Publisher: Atheneum
Language: English

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A survey of the origins and development of musical instruments world-wide from Paleolithic times to the present day. Illustrated with pictures of several hundred instruments from all over the world on 120 plates, with five maps for ease of reference to exotic places.

Hardcover: 280 pages.
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; Reprint edition (October 29, 2007)
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The Montagu Collection, of worldwide coverage and all types of instruments, began to take shape in the early 1960's when what had been a small and very random collection was then rapidly expanded to illustrate lectures, and to provide material for research, on all aspects of organology. By 1967, when Jeremy Montagu mounted an exhibition in Sheffield and for that reason started his ledger catalogue, the number of instruments had reached about 450. It has now, thirty years later, reached nearly 2,500. The Collection is always accessible to interested persons.

Hardcover: 206 pages.
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. (February 15, 2002)
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Publisher: New Haven ; London: Yale University Press, c1989.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Impreso en letra gótica. Reproducción facsimilar de la ed. publicada con el tít. de "Syntagmatis musici" por Wolfenbüttel, 1619.

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Publisher: Kassel [etc.]: Bärenreiter, 1996.
Language: alemán

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: 320 pages.
Publisher: Yale University Press (March 11, 2008)
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The clarinet has a long and rich history as a solo, orchestral, and chamber musical instrument. In this broad-ranging account Eric Hoeprich, a performer, teacher, and expert on historical clarinets, explores its development, repertoire, and performance history. Looking at the antecedents of the clarinet, as well as such related instruments as the chalumeau, basset horn, alto clarinet, and bass clarinet, Hoeprich explains the use and development of the instrument in the Baroque age. The period from the late 1700s to Beethoven's early years is shown to have fostered ever wider distribution and use of the instrument, and a repertoire of increasing richness. The first half of the nineteenth century, a golden age for the clarinet, brought innovation in construction and great virtuosity in performance, while the following century and a half produced a surge in new works from many composers. The author also devotes a chapter to the role of the clarinet in bands, folk music, and jazz.

Hardcover: 416 pages.
Publisher: Yale University Press; 1 edition (May 14, 2008)
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The Classical Guitar- a complete history featuring the Russell Cleveland collection. 126 pages, 100's of photos, label closeups, fold out pages, limited edition (6000), slip cover case. Out of Print. A collaboration of 15 authors from Tony Bacon (The Ultimate Guitar Book) to Richard Johnston (co-founder of Gryphon String Instruments)

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The End of Early Music is a must-read for anyone interested in the early music movement. Haynes goes on to urge all performers of rhetorical music to engage in more improvisation and personalization in their performances. Haynes provides an invaluable service by framing the issue of performance style in clearly defined terms that set the parameters for the broader discussion that must occur if classical music is to maintain, or as some would say, regain its stature as a relevant artistic force.... While The End of Early Music is subtitles A Period Performer's History of Music for the Twenty-First Century, it should be read by any and al intereste in our musical past, present, or future. From one of the brightest lights in the field of baroque music comes yet another indispensable book. Only Haynes, a performer of great sensitivity and dedication to the 'project' of historical performance, only Haynes, a scholar of alacrity and dynamism, only Haynes, who for over thirty years has never stopped interrogating what we are doing when we approach the past in performance, only Haynes could have written a brilliant book for early music in the new millennium.

Hardcover: 304 pages.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; annotated edition edition (July 20, 2007)
Language: English

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Written by one of the world's most distinguished musicologists, this is the 1st comprehensive history of musical instruments. It traces their evolution from prehistoric to modern times, combining scholarship with insight in a remarkable fusion of music, anthropology, and the fine arts. Includes 24 plates and 167 illustrations.

: 560 pages.
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
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Publisher: Yale University Press; 1 edition (June 11, 2008)
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This is the first comprehensive study of the trombone in English. It covers the instrument, its repertoire, the way it has been played, and the social, cultural, and aesthetic contexts within which it has developed. The book explores the origins of the instrument, its invention in the fifteenth century, and its story up to modern times, also revealing hidden aspects of the trombone in different eras and countries. The book looks not only at the trombone within classical music but also at its place in jazz, popular music, popular religion, and light music. Trevor Herbert examines each century of the trombone’s development and details the fundamental impact of jazz on the modern trombone. By the late twentieth century, he shows, jazz techniques had filtered into the performance idioms of almost all styles of music and transformed ideas about virtuosity and lyricism in trombone playing.

: 336 pages.
Publisher: Yale University Press (March 22, 2006)
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Publisher: Newton Abbot [etc.]: David and Charles, 1979.
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: 136 pages.
Publisher: The Overlook Press; Hardcover edition (June 29, 1979)
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Publisher: Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1980.
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Hardcover: 136 pages.
Publisher: The Overlook Press; 1St Edition edition (October 25, 1976)
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In this book noted scholars/ performers discuss instruments in light of the newest research. Montagu has played timpani and percussion professionally for more than 50 years and oversaw the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments at Oxford Taking a chronological approach, the author traces the instruments from earliest known records and discuss the changes in construction, social context, and repertory, as well as notable performers and makers. Montagu's appendixes include information about playing techniques and the construction of percussion instruments.

: 280 pages.
Publisher: Yale University Press; First Edition edition (May 11, 2002)
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