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The New Grove early keyboard instruments / Edwin M. Ripin ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Ripin, Edwin M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Grove musical instruments series.Publisher: London : Macmillan, c1989Description: 313 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0393025543 ; 0393305155 .Uniform titles: New Grove dictionary of musical instruments. | New Grove dictionary of music and musicians. Subject(s): Keyboard instrumentsDDC classification: 786

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The New Grove Musical Instruments Series, a companion to the much-acclaimed New Grove Composer Biography Series, presents in book form many of the lengthy and informative articles published in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Each book is a comprehensive guide to all facets of an instrument: its history, construction, repertory, playing techniques, and makers, written by leading authorities.

"Parts ... first published in The New Grove dictionary of musical instruments ... 1984 and The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians ... 1980"--T.p. verso.

"Editions": p. 268-278.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-307) and index.