Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning
by
Jean Denis
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs
ISBN-10
0521306280
ISBN-13
9780521306287
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 9th, 1987
Print length
136 Pages
Weight
327 grams
Product Classification:
Keyboard instruments
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A translation of Jean Denis's Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning (1643/50), with notes and an introduction.
The Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning was the first French document to discuss keyboard performance practice in any detail. Jean Denis was both a harpsichord builder of renown and the organist of a prominent Parisian church, and is thus an authority worthy of careful study. The treatise addresses numerous matters of interest to both scholars and performers, including temperament, ornamentation, fugue, and the use of the organ in liturgical practice. Also included in the treatise are a keyboard prelude designed to reveal errors in tuning, and two delightful anecdotes attesting to the power of music. The forthright character of Denis''s writing lends a unique and distinctly enjoyable tone to the work.
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