Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning ( Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs )

Publication series ：Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs

Author： Jean Denis; Vincent J. Panetta  

Publisher： Cambridge University Press‎

Publication year： 1987

E-ISBN: 9781139237840

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780521314022

Subject： J624.1 piano

Keyword： 音乐

Language： ENG

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Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning

Description

The Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning was the first French document to discuss keyboard performance practice in any detail. Jean Denis was both a harpsichord builder of renown and the organist of a prominent Parisian church, and is thus an authority worthy of careful study. The treatise addresses numerous matters of interest to both scholars and performers, including temperament, ornamentation, fugue, and the use of the organ in liturgical practice. Also included in the treatise are a keyboard prelude designed to reveal errors in tuning, and two delightful anecdotes attesting to the power of music. The forthright character of Denis's writing lends a unique and distinctly enjoyable tone to the work.

Chapter

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION

1 Jean Denis and the Traite de I'accord de I'espinette

2 Jean Denis and meantone temperament

3 The eight tons of the church

4 Notes on the translation

THE TRANSLATION

Appendix A

A comparison of parallel passages from the published writings of Jean Denis and Marin Mersenne

Appendix B

A transcription of the 'Prelude for determining whether the tuning is good throughout'

Bibliography

Sixteenth-, seventeenth-, and eighteenth-century sources

Nineteenth- and twentieth-century sources

Index

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