Keyboard Instruments in Eighteenth-Century Vienna

by Maunder, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780198166375
• ISBN10: 0198166370
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-30
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

Although eighteenth-century Viennese keyboard music, especially by such composers as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, is among the most popular ever written, there has been surprisingly little serious research into the instruments for which it was composed. This book fills that gap. Based on evidence from primary source material, much of it previously undiscovered or neglected, Maunder traces the history and development of the various keyboard instruments available in Vienna throughout the eighteenth century--harpsichords, clavichords, and pianos--and their use by composers and performers.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii	(1)
List of Musical Examples	ix	(1)
A Note on Eighteenth-Century Viennese Measures, Currency, and Addresses	x	(2)
List of Abbreviations	xii
1. Introduction	1	(5)
2. Terminology	6	(11)
3. Viennese Keyboard-Instrument Makers	17	(17)
4. Harpsichords, Spinets, and Clavichords	34	(21)
5. Fortepianos	55	(30)
6. Music and Instruments before 1770	85	(14)
7. Music and Instruments, 1770-1800	99	(21)
8. Owners, Dealers, and Prices	120	(11)
TABLE 1. Annual Numbers of Keyboard Instruments Advertised	131	(3)
TABLE 2. Annual Numbers of Classified Advertisements	134	(3)
APPENDIX A. Advertisements for Keyboard Instruments, 1721-1800	137	(61)
APPENDIX B. Viennese Keyboard-Instrument Makers, 1700-1800	198	(25)
APPENDIX C. Owners and Sellers, 1700-1800	223	(15)
APPENDIX D. Advertisements for Keyboard Music, 1725-1784	238	(13)
Bibliography	251	(8)
Index	259