A smaller version of the harpsichord, the virginal enjoyed wide popularity during the 16th and 17th centuries. Based upon a 1591 manuscript, this collection features 42 pieces in modern notation.

English keyboard art from Robertsbridge Codex (c. 1325) to John Field. Illuminating coverage of organ, harpsichord, pianoforte, other instruments; works of Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins, many others. Bibliography.

This is a richly illustrated history of the clavichord, the forerunner of the modern piano.

Switzerland's answer to Hilary Mantel--this novel does for Renaissance music what The Girl with a Pearl Earring did for Vermeer.

Francis Knights studied at Royal Holloway College, University of London, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He has held positions at the Royal Northern College of Music, Somerville College, Oxford, the BBC and King's College, London, and been editor of four music journals. Since 2009 he has been Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in Music at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, and is Chairman of the National Early Music Association and Editor of Harpsichord & Fortepiano. His recent recital projects include the complete Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, on harpsichord, virginals, ottavino, clavichord and organ, and Bach's complete clavier works, on clavichord. This comprehensive listing of recordings of the clavichord from 1931 to 2020 ranges from Arnold Dolmetsch's pioneering discs of Bach to the ambitious recording projects of today's leading players. Details of performers, repertoire, instruments, recording data and reviews are included, making it possible to trace the many changes that have occurred during