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Bartolomeo Cristofori and the Invention of the Piano by Stewart Pollens (2019, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10110748023X

ISBN-139781107480230

eBay Product ID (ePID)19038810245

Product Key Features

Number of Pages399 Pages

Publication NameBartolomeo Cristofori and the Invention of the Piano

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectCultural Heritage, General, Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard

TypeTextbook

AuthorStewart Pollens

Subject AreaMusic, Biography & Autobiography

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight42.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width11 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal786.219092

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Bartolomeo Cristofori in Padua; 2. Cristofori in Florence; 3. Cristofori's extant instruments; 4. Musical life in Florence in Cristofori's time; 5. Cristofori's influence; 6. Conclusion.

SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive study of Bartolomeo Cristofori, who is credited with having invented the pianoforte around the year 1700 while working in the Medici court in Florence. Through thorough analysis of documents preserved in the State Archive of Florence, Pollens has reconstructed, in unprecedented detail, Cristofori's working life., This is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the Paduan-born harpsichord maker and contemporary of Antonio Stradivari, who is credited with having invented the pianoforte around the year 1700 while working in the Medici court in Florence. Through thorough analysis of documents preserved in the State Archive of Florence, Pollens has reconstructed, in unprecedented technical detail, Cristofori's working life between his arrival in Florence in 1688 and his death in 1732. This book will be of interest to pianists, historians of the piano, musicologists, museum curators and conservators, as well as keyboard instrument makers, restorers, and tuners.

LC Classification NumberML424.C67P65 2019