Research Catalog

Title

The fortepiano writings of Streicher, Dieudonné, and the Schiedmayers : two manuals and a notebook, translated from the original German, with commentary / translation and annotation of original texts by Preethi de Silva ; with a foreword by Malcolm Bilson.

Publication

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors

• De Silva, Preethi
• Streicher, Andreas, 1761-1833.
• Dieudonné, Carl, -1825.
• Schiedmayer, Johann David, 1753-1805.

Description

x, 613 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.

Subject

• Piano > Construction > History > Germany > 19th century
• Piano > Construction > History > Austria > 19th century
• Piano > Maintenance and repair
• Piano > History > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-594) and indexes.

Contents

Part I: Andreas Streicher -- Kurze Bemerkungen über das Spielen, Stimmen und Erhalten der Fortepianos welche von Nannette Streicher geborne Stein in Wien verfertigt werden (1801) = Brief remarks on the playing, tuning, and maintenance of fortepianos made in Vienna by Nannette Streicher nẹe Stein (1801) -- Stein-Steicher family tree -- Introduction -- Nannette and Andreas Streicher in Vienna -- Editorial note -- Kurze Bemerkungen = Brief remarks : original text and translation -- Appendices -- Part II: Carl Dieudonné and Johann Lorenz Schiedmayer -- Kurze Anleitung zu einer richtigen Kenntniß und Behandlung der Forte-Pianos in Beziehung auf das Spielen, Stimmen und Erhalten derselben, besonders derer, welche in der Werkstatte von Dieudonné und Schiedmayer in Stuttgart verfertigt werden (1824) = Brief manual on the proper use and knowledge concerning the playing, tuning, and maintenance of fortepianos, especially those made in the workshop of Dieudonné and Schiedmayer in Stuttgart (1824) -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Setting the stage -- The family of Carl Dieudonné -- Schiedmayer family tree -- The Schiedmayer family : I -- The Schiedmayer family : II -- Epilogue -- The pianos of Dieudonné and Schiedmayer -- The Stuttgart manual of 1824 -- Kurze Anleitung = Brief manual : original text and translation -- Appendices -- Part III: Johann David and Johann Lorenz Schiedmayer -- "Werkstattbuch" = Notebook (1778-ca.1821) -- Introduction -- Notes on Johann David Schiedmayer's pianos -- Note on currencies -- Editorial note -- Transcription and translation of the "Werkstattbuch" -- Appendix.

Call Number

JME 09-608

ISBN

• 9780773448742
• 0773448748

LCCN

2008051079

OCLC

276335343

Title

The fortepiano writings of Streicher, Dieudonné, and the Schiedmayers : two manuals and a notebook, translated from the original German, with commentary / translation and annotation of original texts by Preethi de Silva ; with a foreword by Malcolm Bilson.

Imprint

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2008.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-594) and indexes.

Added Author

De Silva, Preethi.

Streicher, Andreas, 1761-1833. Kurze Bemerkungen uber das Spielen, Stimmen und Erhalten der Fortepianos welche von Nannette Streicher geborne Stein in Wien verfertigt werden. English & German.

Dieudonné, Carl, -1825. Kurze Anleitung zu einer richtigen Kenntnis und Behandlung der Forte-Pianos. English & German.

Schiedmayer, Johann David, 1753-1805. Werkstattbuch. English & German.

Research Call Number

JME 09-608