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Five - The Baroque Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2022

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This chapter includes transcriptions and translations of material on keyboard instruments found in the writings of Jakob Adlung, Marin Mersenne, and Michael Praetorius, as well as technical descriptions of the keyboard instruments used by Johann Sebastian Bach, members of the Couperin family, George Frederick Handel, Domenico Scarlatti, Padre Antonio Soler, and other composers of the period. This chapter provides explicit tuning instructions and analysis of temperaments used in the period, notably meantone, temperament ordinaire, and various circulating and so-called “well temperaments” that appear in treatises written by Denis, Corrette, Kirnberger, Mersenne, Marpurg, Neidhardt, Rameau, Werckmeister, and others.

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Print publication year: 2022

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  • The Baroque Period
  • Stewart Pollens
  • Book: A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
  • Online publication: 03 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108379915.006
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  • The Baroque Period
  • Stewart Pollens
  • Book: A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
  • Online publication: 03 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108379915.006
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  • The Baroque Period
  • Stewart Pollens
  • Book: A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
  • Online publication: 03 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108379915.006
Available formats
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