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The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons : From Scarlatti to Beethoven.

Badura-Skoda, Eva.

The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons : From Scarlatti to Beethoven. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (510 pages)

Cover -- THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FORTEPIANO GRAND and ITS PATRONS -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Bartolomeo Cristofori -- 2. Giving Cristofori's Nuovo Cimbalo a Name: Terminology Problems throughout the Eighteenth Century -- 3. Domenico Scarlatti -- 4. New Inventions in Germany, Pantalone Instruments, and Gottfried Silbermann -- 5. Johann Sebastian Bach and the "Piano et Forte" -- 6. Pianoforte Builders in Germany around 1750 -- 7. The Generation of Bach's Older Sons -- 8. From Alberti, Platti, and Rutini to Eckard and the Younger Sons of Bach -- 9. Developments in the Second Half of the Century: Johann Andreas Stein and Sébastien Erard -- 10. Joseph Haydn-Wenzel and Johann Schantz, Young Mozart and Nannette Stein -- 11. Anton Walter and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- 12. From Broadwood, Merlin, and Clementi to Beethoven -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Scipione Maffei's Article of 1711 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Presenting a rich array of archival evidence, Badura-Skoda traces the construction and use of the fortepiano grand across the musical cultures of 18th-century Europe, providing a valuable resource for music historians, organologists, and performers.

9780253022646


Piano-History-18th century.


Electronic books.

ML650 .B338 2017

786.209033

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