The History of Keyboard Music to 1700
📄 Viewing lite version
Full site ›
Book Details
Author(s)Willi Apel
PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN / ASIN0253327954
ISBN-139780253327956
Sales Rank1,566,635
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description ▲
This classic work has served a generation of pianists, organists, and harpsichordists and remains a necessity for every serious keyboard musician today. It is a detailed chronological survey from the 14th century to the end of the 17th. Beginning with the earliest sources, Professor Apel examines national styles and individual composers as well as the careers of the many evolving musical forms and instruments. Much of the material is organized by period and by national style areas - from Poland to Portugal. A monument of scholarship, this indispensable reference work is also remarkably user-friendly and engagingly written throughout.