The Piano-Forte: Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- The Piano-Forte: Its History Traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851
- Jaar:
- 2014
- Onderwerp:
- 18th Century (1701-1800)
19th Century (1801-1900)
Organology
Piano - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH. (Orpheus Instituut)
- ISBN:
- 9781107418271
- Paginering:
- 432 pages
- Samenvatting:
- Originally published in 1933, this book provides a detailed history of the piano-forte from its invention in Italy in the eighteenth century until the presentation of the first European cast-iron frame for a piano at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Harding also analyses the role of the piano as a replacement for a chamber orchestra and its history as a domestic instrument. The text is richly illustrated with images of pianos produced by a variety of makers over time, as well as with images of piano machinery taken from patent registrations. This thoroughly-researched book will be of value to anyone with an interest in one of the most ubiquitous instruments in the Western world and the history of its development.
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- https://cageweb.be/catalog/orp01:000018302
