The Pianoforte, its origin, progress, and construction (Rimbault, Edward Francis)

		Movements/Sections 3 parts First Publication 1860 Genre Categories Organology; Writings; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For harpsichord; Scores featuring the harpsichord; For clavichord; Scores featuring the clavichord; For keyboard; Scores featuring keyboard soloists; English language

Sheet Music

• Scores (4)

Scores

 Part I
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 Part II
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 Part III
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 Appendices, Illustrations & Indices
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Publisher Info.:

London: Robert Cocks and Co., 1860.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Scanning error on p.304, half-bars missing at the edge of the page.

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General Information

Work Title

The Pianoforte, its origin, progress, and construction

Alternative Title

The Pianoforte, its origin, progress, and construction; with some account of instruments of the same class which preceded it; viz. the clavichord, the virginal, the spinet, the harpsichord, etc. to which is added a selection of interesting Specimens of Music composed for keyed-stringed instruments, by Blitheman, Byrd, Bull, Frescobaldi, Dumont, Chambonnieres, Lully, Purcell, Muffat, Couperin, Kuhnau, Scarlatti, Seb. Bach, Mattheson, Handel, C.P. Emanuel Bach, etc. by Edward F. Rimbault, Ll.D. member of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, etc. etc.

Composer	Rimbault, Edward Francis
Movements/Sections	3 parts
First Publication	1860
Language	English
Dedication	Henry E. Dibdin, Esq.
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	piano (pieces for clavichord, harpsichord, etc.)

Misc. Comments

Contents

Part I: The History of the Pianoforte

1. Some of the Stringed Instruments of the Ancients
2. The Medieval Instruments that preceded the Invention of the Key-board
3. The First Invention of the Pianoforte Class
4. The Virginal
5. The Spinet
6. The Harpsichord
7. The Claimants to the Invention of the Pianoforte
8. The Progress of the Pianoforte on the Continent
9. The Introduction and Progress of the Pianoforte in England
10. The Progress of the Pianoforte in the Nineteenth Century

Part II: The Construction of the Pianoforte

1. The Framing
2. The Stringing
3. The Action
4. Various Mechanical Contrivances applied to the Pianoforte in order to obtain sustained Sounds
5. Melographic, Mechanical, and Transposing Pianos
6. Statistics of Pianofortes and Pianoforte Manufacturing as an Article of Trade; Materials used in the Construction of Pianofortes; &c.

Part III: The Early Composers for Instruments of the Pianoforte Class

A Collection of Specimens Illustrating the Progress of Music for Keyed-Stringed Instruments (24 Pieces by various composers)

1. Gloria Tibi Trinitas - arr. Blitheman
2. Sellenger's Round - arr. William Byrd
3. The King's Huntig Jigg - John Bull
4. Les Buffons - John Bull
5. Courante Jewel - John Bull
6. Capriccio del soggetto sopra l'aria di Roggiero - Girolamo Frescobaldi
7. Suite de Pieces, D minor - H. du Mont
8. Suite de Pieces, A minor - Chambonnières
9. Suite de Pieces, E minor - Jean Baptiste Lully
10. Prelude and Airs, C major - Henry Purcell
11. Variationes super cantilenam - F. X. A. Murschhauser
12. Sonata, B♭ major - Johann Kuhnau
13. Suite de Pieces, E minor - Johann Mattheson
14. Sonata, A minor - Domenico Scarlatti
15. Sonata, G major - Domenico Scarlatti
16. Suite de Pieces, D minor - François Couperin
17. Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratre dilettissimo - J. S. Bach
18. Capriccio, G major - Handel
19. Fantaisie, G major - Gottlieb Muffat
20. Air, G major - Gottlieb Muffat
21. Allemand, C major - Gottlieb Muffat
22. Introduction and Toccata, G minor - I. J. de Mondonville
23. Rondo, E♭ major - C. P. E. Bach
24. Fantasia, C major - C. P. E. Bach

Appendices

1. Hints to those who have the Care of Pianofortes
2. On Tuning
3. How to regulate Defects in the Mechanism of the Pianoforte
4. A Glossary of the principal Terms used in the Manufacture of the Pianoforte

Additional Notes and Illustrations