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The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons: From Scarlatti to Beethoven
Eva Badura-Skoda
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Hardback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 color illus., 2 b&w illus., 81 music exx. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
In the late 17th century, Italian musician and inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori developed a new musical instrument-his cembalo che fa il piano e forte, which allowed keyboard players flexible dynamic gradation. This innovation, which came to be known as the hammer-harpsichord or fortepiano grand, was slow to catch on in musical circles. However, as renowned piano historian Eva Badura-Skoda demonstrates, the instrument inspired new keyboard techniques and performance practices and was eagerly adopted by virtuosos of the age, including Scarlatti, J. S. Bach, Clementi, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Presenting a rich array of archival evidence, Badura-Skoda traces the construction and use ... Read more
In the late 17th century, Italian musician and inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori developed a new musical instrument-his cembalo che fa il piano e forte, which allowed keyboard players flexible dynamic gradation. This innovation, which came to be known as the hammer-harpsichord or fortepiano grand, was slow to catch on in musical circles. However, as renowned piano historian Eva Badura-Skoda demonstrates, the instrument inspired new keyboard techniques and performance practices and was eagerly adopted by virtuosos of the age, including Scarlatti, J. S. Bach, Clementi, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Presenting a rich array of archival evidence, Badura-Skoda traces the construction and use ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
510
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253022639
SKU
V9780253022639
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About Eva Badura-Skoda
Eva Badura-Skoda, noted musicologist, publishes extensively on the history of the piano and on performance practices of the 18th and 19th centuries. She is author of The History of the Pianoforte: A Documentary in Sound and coauthor (with Paul Badura-Skoda) of Interpreting Mozart: The Performance of His Piano Works.
Reviews for The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons: From Scarlatti to Beethoven
Badura-Skoda has written a remarkable volume, the result of a lifetime of scholarly research and investigation. . . . Essential.
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