Keyboard Instruments in Eighteenth-Century Vienna
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 21 May 1998
- ISBN 9780198166375
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages278 pages
- Size 242x162x20 mm
- Weight 581 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 pp black and white plates, 15 figures, 14 music examples 0
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Short description:
The keyboard music of such composers as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven is among the most popular ever written, yet surprisingly little is known about the instruments for which it was composed. This book fills that gap. Based on new evidence from surviving instruments and many contemporary newspaper advertisements, it traces the history and development of Viennese harpsichords, clavichords, and pianos in the eighteenth century, and their use by composers and performers of the time.
MoreLong description:
Although eighteenth-century Viennese keyboard music, especially by such composers as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, is among the most popular ever written, there has been surprisingly little serious research into the instruments for which it was composed. Consequently myths and guesses abound, while accurate and reliable information is hard to come by.
This book fills that gap. Based on evidence from primary source material, much of it previously undiscovered or neglected, Maunder traces the history and development of the various keyboard instruments available in Vienna throughout the eighteenth century--harpsichords, clavichords, and pianos--and their use by composers and performers. There are detailed descriptions of many surviving Viennese instruments, several of which have only recently come to light; contemporary newspaper advertisements for over 1200 keyboard instruments are reproduced, in the original German as well as in English translation; and an alphabetical list of eighteenth-century Viennese makers includes much newly-discovered biographical information as well as some previously unknown names.
ending with a fascinating chapter on owners, dealers and prices. The book provides as much information about social history as about music, and this last chapter provides gems of both.
Table of Contents:
Preface
A note on Eighteenth-Century Viennese measures, currency, and addresses
Introduction
Terminology
Viennese Keyboard-Instrument Makers
Harpsichords, Spinets, and Clavichords
Fortepianos
Music and Instruments before 1770
Music and Instruments 1770-1800
Owners, Dealers, and Prices
Appendix 1. Advertisements for Keyboard Instruments 1721-1800
Appendix 2. Viennese Keyboard-Instrument Makers 1700-1800
Appendix 3. Owners and Sellers 1700-1800
Appendix 4. Advertisements for Keyboard Music 1725-84
Bibliography
Index
