Cover of The History of Keyboard Music to 1700

Book 1997

The History of Keyboard Music to 1700

10 readers

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Language
English
Published
1997
  • Keyboard instruments
  • History & Criticism - General
  • Musical Instruments - Keyboard
  • Musical Instruments - Piano
  • Musical Instruments - General
  • Music

THE WORD keyboard in the title of this book is a convenient equivalent for the collective term clavier, which is derived from the Latin clavis (key), and before 1700 applied to all keyboard instruments.