Description

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Table of Contents

List of Plates and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
1. From Psaltery and Monochord to Harpsichord and Virginal

The Sixteenth Century
2. The Emergence of the Northern Harpsichord
3. Antwerp Harpsichord Building between Karest and Ruckers
4. Early Italian Style

The Seventeenth Century
5. The Ruckers-Couchet Dynasty
6. Later Italian Style
7. Seventeenth-Century International Style
8. France
9. Germany and Austria
10. England

The Eighteenth Century
11. The Decline of the Italian Harpsichord
12. The Iberian Peninsula
13. Harpsichord building in France to the Revolution
14. The Low Countries in the Post-Ruckers Era
15. Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, and Switzerland
16. Great Britain and America

The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
17. The Harpsichord Hibernates
18. The Harpsichord Revival from the Paris Exposition to World War II
19. The Modern Harpsichord
20. Into the future

Glossary
Bibliography
Appendix: Exploded views
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 15/02/2016
      ISBN13: 9780253023476, 978-0253023476
      ISBN10: 0253023475
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      List of Plates and Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
      1. From Psaltery and Monochord to Harpsichord and Virginal

      The Sixteenth Century
      2. The Emergence of the Northern Harpsichord
      3. Antwerp Harpsichord Building between Karest and Ruckers
      4. Early Italian Style

      The Seventeenth Century
      5. The Ruckers-Couchet Dynasty
      6. Later Italian Style
      7. Seventeenth-Century International Style
      8. France
      9. Germany and Austria
      10. England

      The Eighteenth Century
      11. The Decline of the Italian Harpsichord
      12. The Iberian Peninsula
      13. Harpsichord building in France to the Revolution
      14. The Low Countries in the Post-Ruckers Era
      15. Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, and Switzerland
      16. Great Britain and America

      The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
      17. The Harpsichord Hibernates
      18. The Harpsichord Revival from the Paris Exposition to World War II
      19. The Modern Harpsichord
      20. Into the future

      Glossary
      Bibliography
      Appendix: Exploded views
      Index

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