Changing Keys

Changing Keys
Author :
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0810884852
ISBN-13 : 9780810884854
Rating : 4/5 (854 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Changing Keys by : John Watson

Download or read book Changing Keys written by John Watson and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the instruments that comprise the historical keyboard collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation including six harpsichords, six spinets, three organs, and twenty three pianos Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America, 1700-1830 explores the keyboard culture of America in the colonial and Federal eras. Curator and historian John R. Watson illustrates new ways to learn from historic instruments, treating these cultural artifacts as primary documents, through which readers learn about their construction, their period of early use, and their passage through time. The 38 featured instruments are illustrated with color photographs, including many top view and detail photos as well as drawn diagrams. Each instrument serves as a springboard for discussion on the evolution of musical resources, construction technologies, and case decoration. Watson draws on the physical evidence of their manufacture, maintenance, and preservation to illustrate how this breed of instrument altered over time. Other topics include the lives and contributions of individual keyboard makers, including their technological innovations, and patents. The book s visually engaging format and approachable style will appeal to casual as well as academic readers. Technical specifications and pictorial glossary are included in the back. This work is published in conjunction with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation."


Changing Keys Related Books

Changing Keys
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: John Watson
Categories: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Scarecrow Press

GET EBOOK

Through the instruments that comprise the historical keyboard collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation including six harpsichords, six spinets, three
Change or Die
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Alan Deutschman
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-13 - Publisher: Harper Collins

GET EBOOK

Change or Die. What if you were given that choice? If you didn't, your time would end soon—a lot sooner than it had to. Could you change when change matters m
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Michael Miller
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Penguin

GET EBOOK

Published in 1992, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theoryhas proven itself as one of Alpha's best-selling books and perhaps the best-selling trade music the
Leading Successful Change, Revised and Updated Edition
Language: en
Pages: 108
Authors: Gregory P. Shea
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-11 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

GET EBOOK

In this revised and updated edition of Leading Successful Change, Gregory Shea and Cassie Solomon share success stories from a host of companies including Twitt
Music Theory 101
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Brian Boone
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-08 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

GET EBOOK

Covers everything novice musicians and lifelong learners need to know. Full of music trivia, music history, comprehensive instruction and visual aids, music sym