History of the pianoforte and pianoforte playersBie, Oskar
History
History of the pianoforte and pianoforte players
Bie, Oskar
Pianists; Piano -- History
Guido of Arezzo and his protector, Bishop Theodal, playing on a
Monochord 1
Orlando Gibbons. After Grignon’s engraving in Hawkins 7
Title-page of the first English engraved Clavier Music, 1611 17
From the Weimar “Wunderbuch,” a Clavichord of about 1440 20
From the Weimar “Wunderbuch,” Primitive Spinet, of about 1440 21
A Concerted Performance 25
Page from “Parthenia,” the first English engraved Clavier Music,
1611 29
John Bull, at the age of 26 33
Henry Purcell, 1658-1695 36
The so-called “Hand” of Guido of Arezzo 38
D’Anglebert, Chamber Musician to Louis XIV., after Mignard 40
François Couperin, “Le Grand” 54
Portrait of Louis Marchand 66
Rameau, out walking 67
Old engraving after Wagniger’s design 68
Adrian Willaert, of Venice 72
Frescobaldi 73
Virginal in shape of a work-box 81
The same opened 81
The instrument taken out 81
Italian cembalo, from a monastery, of the 18th century 83
Old engraving representing Scarlatti playing a Harpsichord with
two rows of keys 85
An Octave Spinet 90
German Clavichord, 17th century, “gebunden” 91
Konrad Pau(l)mann, the first German writer for keyed instruments 95
Skull of Sebastian Bach 98
The Fifteenth Sinfonia of John Sebastian Bach, from the Royal
Musikbibliothek, Berlin 105
John Mattheson, at the age of 37 115
Pedal-clavichord 120
“Bundfrei” Clavichord 124
Philip Emanuel Bach 126
F. W. Marpurg, Theoretician and Clavier Teacher. 1718-1795 130
Streicher’s Pianoforte and Concert Saloon 135
Mary Coswey with the Orphica 146
Beginning of Mozart’s A minor Sonata 153
Upright Hammer-clavier, called the “Giraffe” 156
Beethoven at the age of 31 157
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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