Author | : Willi Apel |
File Size | : 49,8 Mb |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 20 May 1997 |
ISBN | : 0253211417 |
Pages | : 900 pages |
The History of Keyboard Music to 1700 by Willi Apel Book PDF Summary
This classic work is a meticulous chronological survey of music for the keyboard from the earliest extant manuscripts of the 14th century to the end of the 17th. Apel traces the evolution of keyboard instruments, genres, national schools and styles (from Poland to Portugal), and the oeuvre of many composers. A monument of scholarship, this indispensable reference work is also remarkably user-friendly and engagingly written throughout.