The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons: From Scarlatti to Beethoven

by Eva Badura-Skoda

In the late 17th century, Italian musician and inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori developed a new musical instrument--his cembalo che fa il piano e forte, which allowed keyboard players flexible dynamic gradation. This innovation, which came to be known as the hammer-harpsichord or fortepiano grand, was slow to catch on in musical circles. However, as renowned piano historian Eva Badura-Skoda demonstrates, the instrument inspired new keyboard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253022630
• ISBN13: 9780253022639
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher