Book 1997
The History of Keyboard Music to 1700
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- 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.