The Clavichord (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)

The Clavichord (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)
by Bernard Brauchli

The Clavichord (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)
List Price: $70.00
Our Price: $61.09
You Save: $8.91 (13%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


(Click here)
Buy this book at online book store in your country
Canada | UK | Germany | France

Book Summary Information

Author: Bernard Brauchli
Foreword: Christopher Hogwood
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-07
ISBN: 0521619890
Number of pages: 408
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Book Reviews of The Clavichord (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)

Book Review: One of the most up-to-date book on : CLAVICHORDS.
Summary: 5 Stars

For the longest time the clavichord has been the most overshadowed of all keyboard instruments. However, the clavichord, is the most intimate of all. The Clavichord (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs) is the only book that begins with the origin of the clavichord (Monochord) to the nineteenth century revival. The book comes with beautiful pictures of the clavichord along with monographs. This happens to be the most elaborate and sought out book for all clavichord enthusiasts.

Summary of The Clavichord (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)

The clavichord, forerunner of the piano, was one of the most important instruments in Western keyboard history until the first decades of the nineteenth century. Bernard Brauchli's comprehensive history fills a major gap in the literature on this instrument. Beginning with the earliest-known references, he traces the clavichord's evolution up to the mid-nineteenth century, ending with a study of performance technique. The clavichord's structural developments (traced largely through an analysis of extant instruments), literary documentation (much of it presented here for the first time in English), treatises and iconographical sources are presented in chronological order. What emerges from this study of the various sources is an overview of the essential role this instrument played both socially and musically for more than four centuries, restoring the clavichord to the position it justly deserves in history. Awarded the Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize for 2001, honoring the best book-length organological study in the English language published in 1998/99.

Piano Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Piano Books
Piano Adventures: Lesson Book Level 1 ImagePiano Adventures: Lesson Book Level 1
by Nancy Faber; Randall Faber
FJH Music Company, Inc.; Published: 1993-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.75
Price in other shops: $6.95
Adult All-in-one Course: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course, Book 2 ImageAdult All-in-one Course: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course, Book 2
by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco
Alfred Publishing Company; Published: 1995-06; Plastic Comb; Book
Best price: $9.08
Price in other shops: $15.95
Play Piano in a Flash: Play Your Favorite Songs Like a Pro -- Whether You've Had Lessons or Not! ImagePlay Piano in a Flash: Play Your Favorite Songs Like a Pro -- Whether You've Had Lessons or Not!
by Scott Houston
Hyperion; Published: 2004-01-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.01
Price in other shops: $12.95
The Jazz Piano Book ImageThe Jazz Piano Book
by Mark Levine
Sher Music; Published: 2005-06-01; Spiral-bound; Book
Best price: $22.00
Price in other shops: $32.00
My First Book of Classical Music: 29 Themes by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Other Great Composers in Easy Piano Arrangements ImageMy First Book of Classical Music: 29 Themes by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Other Great Composers in Easy Piano Arrangements
by Bergerac
Dover Publications; Published: 2000-09-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.93
Price in other shops: $4.95
Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course : Lesson Book, Level Two ImageAlfred's Basic Adult Piano Course : Lesson Book, Level Two
by Manus Morton, Amanda Vick Lethco, Willard A. Palmer
Alfred Publishing Company; Published: 1984-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.22
Price in other shops: $9.95
The Piano Handbook - A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano  Book/CD (Hardcover) ImageThe Piano Handbook - A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano Book/ CD (Hardcover)
by Humphries
Backbeat Books; Published: 2002-12-01; Spiral-bound; Book
Best price: $17.00
Price in other shops: $29.95
Adult All-In-One Course: Lesson-Theory-Technic: Level 1 ImageAdult All-In-One Course: Lesson-Theory-Technic: Level 1
by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco
Alfred Publishing Company; Published: 1994-07; Plastic Comb; Book
Best price: $8.59
Price in other shops: $15.95
Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises: Complete (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) ImageVirtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises: Complete (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)
G. Schirmer, Inc.; Published: 1986-11-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.71
Price in other shops: $6.95
Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Lesson Book, Level One ImageAlfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Lesson Book, Level One
by Willard A. Palmer
Alfred Publishing Company; Published: 1983-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.65
Price in other shops: $9.95
Similar Books and other products
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician ImageJohann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
by Christoph Wolff
W.W. Norton & Co.; Published: 2001-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.51
Price in other shops: $21.95
The Keyboard Music of J. S. Bach, 2nd Edition ImageThe Keyboard Music of J. S. Bach, 2nd Edition
by David Schulenberg
Routledge; Published: 2006-08-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $38.95
Price in other shops: $42.95
On the Sensations of Tone ImageOn the Sensations of Tone
by Hermann Helmholtz
Dover Publications; Published: 1954-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.78
Price in other shops: $22.95
Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making ImageThree Centuries of Harpsichord Making
by Frank Hubbard
Harvard University Press; Published: 1965-01-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $91.24
Price in other shops: $97.50
Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide (Eastman Studies in Music) ImageBach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide (Eastman Studies in Music)
by Joel Speerstra
University of Rochester Press; Published: 2004-03-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $66.00
Price in other shops: $70.00
Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music (Two Volumes Bound As One) ImageStructural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music (Two Volumes Bound As One)
by Felix Salzer
Dover Publications; Published: 1962-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.78
Price in other shops: $22.95
Ruckers: A Harpsichord and Virginal Building Tradition (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs) ImageRuckers: A Harpsichord and Virginal Building Tradition (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs)
by Grant O'Brien
Cambridge University Press; Published: 2008-06-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $38.84
Price in other shops: $45.00
Tuning and Temperament: A Historical Survey ImageTuning and Temperament: A Historical Survey
by J. Murray Barbour
Dover Publications; Published: 2004-05-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.53
Price in other shops: $13.95
The Secret Mozart: Works for Clavichord - Christopher Hogwood ImageThe Secret Mozart: Works for Clavichord - Christopher Hogwood
Release date: 2006-07-11; Music CD
Best price: $5.44
Price in other shops: $9.99
Bach: Masterworks for Clavichord ImageBach: Masterworks for Clavichord
Release date: 2005-01-17; Music CD
Best price: $16.86
Price in other shops: $17.98
Book store. Illustrated catalog of books on different categories