Book contents
- A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
- A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Pitch Notation Conventions
- One Keyboard Origins
- Two Principles of Design and Construction
- Three The Henri Arnaut Manuscript
- Four The Renaissance
- Five The Baroque Period
- Six The Invention of the Piano
- Seven The Classical Period
- Eight The Romantic Era
- Nine Stagnation and Revival
- Bibliography
- Index
Four - The Renaissance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 April 2022
Book contents
- A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
- A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Pitch Notation Conventions
- One Keyboard Origins
- Two Principles of Design and Construction
- Three The Henri Arnaut Manuscript
- Four The Renaissance
- Five The Baroque Period
- Six The Invention of the Piano
- Seven The Classical Period
- Eight The Romantic Era
- Nine Stagnation and Revival
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter analyzes references to keyboard instruments in the writings of Martin Agricola, Sebastian Virdung, Juan Bermudo, Ercole Bottrigari, Eberhardus Cersne, Paulus Paulirinus, and Hermann Poll, among others. It provides technical descriptions of harpsichords, spinets, virginals, and clavichords made in that period, and includes discussions of pitch, transposition, keyboard compass, as well as tuning and temperaments.
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- A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments , pp. 166 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022