Five Centuries of Keyboard Music

by John Gillespie

Paperback, 1972

Status

Available

Call number

786.409

Collection

Publication

Dover Publications (1972), Edition: New edition, Paperback, 463 pages

Description

A practicing musician and professor of music offers the first work in English to comprehensively survey the development of solo keyboard works. Gillespie discusses 350 composers and their works for harpsichord and piano, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Debussy. Includes 116 musical examples, illustrations, and a glossary of musical terms.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1965

Physical description

463 p.; 9.06 inches

ISBN

048622855X / 9780486228556
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