Title | The Pianoforte |
Alternative title | The Pianoforte, its origin, progress, and construction; with some account of instruments of the same class which preceded it; viz. the clavichord, the virginal, the spinet, the harpsichord, etc. to which is added a selection of interesting Specimens of Music composed for keyed-stringed instruments, by Blitheman, Byrd, Bull, Frescobaldi, Dumont, Chambonnieres, Lully, Purcell, Muffat, Couperin, Kuhnau, Scarlatti, Seb. Bach, Mattheson, Handel, C.P. Emanuel Bach, etc. by Edward F. Rimbault, Ll.D. member of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, etc. etc. |
Creators | Edward Francis Rimbault (composer) |
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Instrumentation | piano harpsichord clavichord keyboard |
Number of movements | 3 |
Keys | — |
Composed | — |
First published | 1860 |
Dedication | Henry E. Dibdin, Esq. |
Tempo markings | — |
Metronome markings | — |
Time signatures | — |
Average duration (sec) | — |
Number of measures | — |
Composition types | Organology, Music history, Pieces |
Language | English |
Period | Romantic |
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Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
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view | Complete | — | London: Robert Cocks and Co. | 1860 | Part I · view Part II · view Part III · view Appendices, Illustrations & Indices · view |
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