CHAPTER 3: History to 1800
3.5 The Baroque, Rococo and Classical Periods 1600-1800
3.5.1 The west
1.2. Higher cultures in the 17th & 18th centuries: Romance language-area
Instruments: Characteristics of 17th & 18thC. salterii and psaltérions
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How much information is there?
The summary which follows draws data from the sources already described, as well as from some 60 instruments; although this may seem a reasonable sample for a rather detailed corner of the field, there are many variations within the basic types, and few examples of each variation, so that this examination of the data did not evoke the desired confidence that they were representative. In the hope that a further study may re-examine the area in yet more detail, the cases are listed, using their owners' reference numbers where known.
Belle
Skinner - 43 |
Leipzig (Cologne) - 676 - 677 - 678 - 679 - 681 - 682 - 683 - 684 - 685 - 686 - 687 - 688 - 689 - 691 - 692 |
London, Royal College of Music - RCM124 London, Victoria & Albert - 4-1869 - 264-1866 - 273-1882 New York - 1001 - 1002 - 1003 - 1004 Paris - 305 - 307 - Baines 1966; fig. 367 - Thibault et al.; 112 Pitt Rivers - 659 |
Hans
Peter Rast (private) salterio Rio de Janeiro Salzburg - 36 - 37 Sotheby's - 6.5.76, lot 41 Stockholm - F 254 - F 255 - F 256 - F 257 - Roca, 1734 USNM (Smithsonian) - 95.049 - 95.289 - 95.290 Vienna - salterio 1 - salterio 2 |
The information was gathered by personal inspections, notes, sketches and photographs, supported by Dr. Norlind's notes and Kinsky 1912; Kinsky in particular seems to have had the unusual ability to sort out why dulcimers were bridged and strung as they were.
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