Ruckers

A Harpsichord and Virginal Building Tradition

Grant O'Brien (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

372 Seiten

2008
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-06682-2 (ISBN)

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The name of Ruckers is as important to early keyboard instruments as Stradivarius is to strings. This book describes in close detail the art and technique of the Ruckers family, who produced harpsichords and virginals throughout a period of over 100 years. Dr O'Brien provides detailed information about the construction and decoration of Ruckers harpsichords and virginals, as well as the numbering, pitch, stringing, and the determination of the original state of their instruments. Like Stradivarius violins, Ruckers instruments were later altered, and the nature and musical significance of these alterations are discussed, as is the influence of the Ruckers style on later building practice. The instruments in their original and altered states are considered in relation to the music of the time and to contemporary performance practice. The text is richly illustrated with diagrams and pictures of original instruments, and with plan-view photographs reproduced at a scale of 1:10. The book also contains a partially illustrated catalogue of authentic and fake instruments, followed by extensive appendices.

Conventions and definitions; Introduction; 1. Ruckers family history and the Guild of St Luke; 2. The pre-Ruckers instruments and traditions; 3. The types of instrument built by the Ruckers, and the Ruckers numbering system; 4. The stringing and pitches of Ruckers instruments; 5. The construction of virginals; 6. Construction of Ruckers harpsichords; 7. The decoration of Ruckers instruments; 8. The determination of the original compass, disposition and pitch of Ruckers harpsichords; 9. Trademarks of Ruckers instruments; 10. The influence of the Ruckers/Couchet tradition on later harpsichord building practice; 11. The Ravalement of Ruckers and Couchet clavecimbels; 12. Ruckers clavecimbels and music; Catalogue of Ruckers instruments; Appendices.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.6.2008
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs
Zusatzinfo	ove Halftones, unspecified; 50 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	890 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
ISBN-10	0-521-06682-4 / 0521066824
ISBN-13	978-0-521-06682-2 / 9780521066822
Zustand	Neuware