Exploring the intricacies of tuning on keyboard instruments, this guide delves into the concept of temperament, which adjusts fifth intervals to ensure octaves remain in tune. It provides a comprehensive introduction to how the twelve notes of the musical scale are tuned across various instruments, including the harpsichord and piano. The book combines theoretical foundations with practical applications, offering detailed procedures for tuning and setting temperaments, along with advanced calculations and supplementary notes for deeper understanding.
This collection offers essential style and formatting guidelines tailored for writing about music, addressing unique notations and concepts within the discipline. It includes a glossary of typographic terms, a bibliography for further research, and a comprehensive index, making it an indispensable resource for students, scholars, teachers, and writers seeking clarity and precision in their music-related writing.
Focusing on the technical aspects of harpsichord stringing, this handbook combines historical evidence with modern scientific principles. Thomas Donahue offers practical, quantitative insights derived from both musicological and scientific literature, making it a valuable resource for understanding the intricacies of stringing this unique instrument.
Documents the craft of the organbuilder Gerhard Brunzema (1927-1992) in terms of the organs he built and how his instruments and his approach to organbuilding had an influence on music history. Divided into two parts, Part I contains essays by people who knew Brunzema and his work, and documents his skill both in the restoration of historically significant instruments in Europe, as well as in the building of new organs in his own style throughout the world. Also included in this section are two musical compositions in his memory by Gerhard Krapf and Barrie Cabena. Part II details the organs themselves during the three phases of his career: in Germany (1954-1971) with his partner Jurgen Ahrend; in Quebec, Canada (1972-1979) with Casavant Freres; and in Ontario (1980-1992) in his own workshop. This section features a complete listing of all the organs he built, descriptions of seventy organs, and a complete technical documentation of one of his instruments. Also included are three articles by Brunzema, proposals for organs that were never built, an annotated discography, a listing of the published photographs of his organs, videography, bibliography, 16 black and white photographs and 41 line drawings.
