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Early keyboard instruments : from their beginnings to the year 1820 / Philip James.

By: James, Philip, 1901-1974.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Tabard Press, 1970Description: xviii, 153 p. : ill., music, facsims., ; 28 cm. + hbk.Subject(s): Piano -- History | Harpsichord | Clavichord | Keyboard instrumentsDDC classification: 786.09
Contents:
Introduction: Origin of the keyboard. Mediaeval instruments.--The clavichord.--The spinet and virginal.--The harpsichord.--The pianoforte until the year 1820.--Appendix: A list of makers and sellers of keyboard instruments (excluding the organ) working in the British Isles up to the year 1820, including resident foreigners.
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Bibliography: p. xii-xviii - Includes index.

Introduction: Origin of the keyboard. Mediaeval instruments.--The clavichord.--The spinet and virginal.--The harpsichord.--The pianoforte until the year 1820.--Appendix: A list of makers and sellers of keyboard instruments (excluding the organ) working in the British Isles up to the year 1820, including resident foreigners.