Early Keyboard Instruments in European Museums.

KOTTICK, Edward L. and LUCKTENBERG, George

ISBN 10: 0253332397 / ISBN 13: 9780253332394

Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 1997

About this Item

First edition. 8vo (24 x 16cm). xxviii,276 pp. Cloth in dust-jacket, slightly bumped and edge-worn. A few nicks and marks to edges of book block, concurrent light creasing to outer corner at foot of pages xxv-9, else internally very good.

Seller Inventory # 000019

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Keyboard Instruments in European Museums.
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253332397
• ISBN 13: 9780253332394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

"Information for when you travel. By country and city, you are guided to the best instrument collections in Europe. For each site is provided a substantial discussion of the instruments, location, address, and hours of admission. There are abundant black and white (many full-page) photos, a glossary of terms associated with earlier instruments, and an index of makers." ―Piano & Keyboard

Growing out of the authors' visits to 47 collections in Europe, this lively guidebook offers intimate glimpses at a great variety of instruments. It focuses on the more important and unusual holdings in each museum, such as the Cristofori pianos in Rome and Leipzig and the earliest known English double-manual instrument―a 1700 harpsichord by Tisseran, now in Oxford. In addition, the authors provide travelers with essential information for each museum.

About the Author

EDWARD L. KOTTICK, Emeritus Professor of Musicology at the University of Iowa, is author of The Harpsichord Owner's Guide. A builder himself, he writes a regular column in Continuo magazine for owners and builders.
GEORGE LUCKTENBERG, Adjunct Professor of Music and Artist-in-Residence at Reinhardt College, has been director of the Aliénor Harpsichord Composition Awards since 1980.