The History of Keyboard Music to 1700
Contributors: Hans Tischler (Translator)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 878
ISBN-13: 9780253211415
Subjects: Keyboard instruments; History & Criticism - General; Musical Instruments - Keyboard; Musical Instruments - Piano; Musical Instruments - General; Musical Instruments - Construction And Repair; Music; Music/Songbooks
First sentence: THE WORD keyboard in the title of this book is a convenient equivalent for the collective term clavier, which is derived from the Latin clavis (key), and before 1700 applied to all keyboard instruments.