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      Rockstro's History Of Music/ I

      ties . The selection of subjects is representative and aptthe language clearprecisefand

      L < J . » v A . , * *—* W , JL , forcible . - , Althoug ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ - ^— ^^ K h —— the — history " — ^ * ¦ is almost - a — — - narrative ^ m— — — - ^— — — — - ^ — ^ F

      in its style , Mr . Hockstro , while avoiding disconnection it « j ^/ v- ^ *^^^ - ^^ - ^ - ~ - ^ — - — , -j has — — arranged — — — — — — ^ j — — his — treatment — — — — — v . ^ — — of — —

      tlie subject in a regular forin under various distinct headings . Thus the contents -- _ of _ .. _ the volume _

      I , 1 . X * ¦ ** * s rj — _ . __— — — — — _ . are divided into six books and an appendix . The order of relation is as follows : music in

      the early ages ; music in the middle ages ; music in the seventeentheighteenthand

      nineteenth centuries ; the , present condition , of music , and its probable influence upon the

      future ; epitome of the technical history of music , »«*» ^ - * w - — ~— ¦— from - — — — the - earli — est - — ages — ^^ s — — to — — the — — present j — — — — — . —

      Not a few readers will think the fourth bookwhich ives a survey of music in the

      eighteenth , century g , the most interesting part of the volume . The various chapters of this

      division of the subject refer to the condition of music in ItalyFranceEnglandand Germany

      during the «/ earlier , years , of the , eighteenth century ; the origin and progress of the

      modern system of part-writing ; the Seven Lamps , that is to say : George Frederick

      Handel ; Johann Sebastian Bach ; Christoph Willibald Gluck ; Franz Joseph Haydn ;

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Ludwig van Beethoven ; the development of the

      pianoforte ; the condition of dramatic music in Italand Francein the later decades of the

      eighteenth y century , ; the schools of Leipzig and Vienna ; and the general condition of

      anisic in England during the closing years of the eihteenth century .

      The chapt g er upon the development of the pian l ) ian ofort ofnrt . fi e ' the +. Vm instrument ir » x +. YMirr » pm +. which i ^ Tiinli exercised P'VPr'p . i RP . rl

      , a more potent influence than any other upon the the present Dresent condition condition or of music music' is ia mil full ot of

      genuine interest . Concerning its , origin . Mr . Koekstro writes as follows : —

      4 earliest mention of the pianoforte that has hitherto been discovered is contained

      iu two letters , dated June 27 and December •> 11508 and addressed to Alfonso II . Duke

      , , , ( ° or f ... Modena Pag _ » . CV ^ J . liarini J . CAiJ . , b y ) J ) , ¦ Hi the 1 / 1 pp HJ olito maker XXldlJCVOi Oricca . V of ^ J . the U * detto I . \> instrument lUUUl Paliarino llUUJllU , .

      l > ut the earliest pianofortes of which any certain description has been \ S preserved WJ J 4 to \ us

      . w . v a A . Vi VUVA X I- / ¦ JJLVv' - * . * . Jlll « kl fk / V ^ M . M . . VM ^^ . T V ^ ^ - » . J \~ r * - * * J < are 1 hristofori those — made who , at is Florence generally , by credited Bartolomeo with

      the invention of the instrument—between the years 1709 and 1731 . Two onlof these

      venerable instruments are known to y be still in existence — —¦ »™ - ^ : one im ¦¦ * ^^ i ^ dated rffc ^» ^ 1720 m ^»» H ^^ i ^ r ^^ r and bW » the M other ¦ ^^« 1720 r . ^^^ " ** " ^ ' ^^ ^ ' ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^ ' ^^ ^™ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ " ^^ '"^ ' ^^ " ^ ^ ^

      ' Cliristofori was succeeded in Italy by ^ Giovanni herardi Ferrini of Padua , Geronimo . In Franc of e Florence the invention , and

      \ vas claimed , in 1710 , by Marius . In Germany ^ 1721 similar , by Schroeter claim was , who made repeated , between his 1717 declara and - tion " ¦ ' in 1738 and again in 1763 "B utapart >

      ^ iom -- J . JIA the wM , 4 question UKJm , ( IlitU . U > of £ : U 1 J priority 11 Jill . JL | Ul of . . invention _ M __» t «» J , l ^ lj . r ^ — v . \ J which ^ vinch must mnat . nnnp necessari !« an . "rilv l lio be decided flftf'irlnd in in favour fiLVOiir

      ° f Cliristofori—tho best y German maker of the who period was undoubtedly Gottfried Silbermann ,

      uients wno died died made , in in 17 1 for * 7 oo 53 Frederi . , and and some Home ck the ot of Great whose whose are mstru instru still --iu existence , ,

      . * In England the manufacture of the piano-

      Rockstro's History Of Music/ I

      for earl t e was period broug by ht Messrs to great . Joh perfection n Broad at wood a ver & ^ - '

      t / JL «/ Sons and Joseph Kirkman , the successors of the great harpsichord makers , Burkhard Shudi

      and Jacob Kirchmann . Improvements were also made by Stodart and a Dutchman napied

      Americus Backers ; and , in 176 C—or perhaps earlier—the square pianoforte was invented b

      y Shudi ' s quondam assistant , Johannes Zumpe . ' In a perusal of Mr . Rockstro ' s book there

      can be no fear that the interest of the reader will be interrupted — . His — story — is spiritedfree

      from depressing incumbrances ^/ , and exhaustive , , in so far as it tells of all those matters of which

      ordinary readers would like to learn something . Its information seems to be just what

      is v anted in a work of this description .

      _ ____ __ __ . March 15, 1886 The Publis...

      _ ____ __ __ . March 15 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 369

      ^O Tcjef Anb $Ttio&. Two Well-Known Scho...

      ^ o tcjef anb $ ttio & . Two well-known schoolmen will shortl

      issue new books . Mr . E . E . Bowen , of y Harrow other - Verses , _ — has __^ 5 prepared wh —___ ich will _ ' — Harro be — _ w pub Songs __ lished . — _ — and b ..

      Messrs . Longmans , ; while Mr . E . H . -Almond y , of *^^~ ^ mr * Loretto ^^ . ^ H ^> -- ' ^^ ' ^ w ^^ ^^ ^ m ^ ¦ School w *^ r ¦ ^^ ^~ ^^ ^ 1 ^^ ¦ ** r ^^ , V a has ^ ^^ ^ r ^^ read ^ ^^^ ^ ' ^^^ y a ^ s ^ m volume V ^^ «^ «^ ^ ^ 3 ^~ ^ . ^ entitled ^ r ^» ^^ ^ Br ^ H ^ r ^» ^^ ' ^ r ^ p

      -- Sermons by a Lay Head-Master , the publishers being Messrs . Blackwood .

      It is anticipated that Mr . Martin Ff Tupper ' s autobiographical work * My Life as

      an Author ' will be of more than ordinary interest for English readers . The issue will

      occur about Easter , Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , & Co . being the publishers .

      Lady Dilke ' s new book will be published by Messrs- Routledge . It is a volume of

      stories , the title being ' The Shrine of Death / The third edition of * Frank's Rancheor

      , My Holiday in the Rockies , ' will be ready for delivery on Wednesday the 1 * 7 th inst .

      The new volume of the Uncydopsedia JBritannica is promised for the middle of next

      month . The contents , in several respects will ¦ be T ^^ f - ^^ noteworth ^ V ^^ ^ " ^ ^ r ^ B ^ W " ^^ ^^» ^^ ^^ ^^ y W . W « For ^^^» ¦ ™ ¦ examp —^— ' ^ v —• —— - ™ U ^ r le ™ , ~ m ' Mr ¦ ¦— ¦ . ^ ¦ Robertson ¦ ^ — ¦ ¦ —— » i '"'

      Smith contributes the article ' Psalms ; the ' History of the Quakers' is treated bSir

      IK y Edward . Fry _^_^^_^ , F . ^^ i ^^^ . R ^^^ r ^ i ^ . S . ; the ^ K articl _ ^ e * Railway ^^^^^^ k A ^ ' is the conjoint production of Mr . D . Kinnear

      Clark , C . E ., Professor A . T . Hadley , New HavenConnecticutMr . A . M . Wellington

      M . Aiu . , Soc . C . E ., and , Mr . S . Wright Dun- , ning ^^ ^ h ^ fc ^^ Jtf ^ h , ^* ^ New ^*™ ^ . ^ ' ^ r » York ^^^ F » - ^^ ^^ ^*> ^¦ ^ ; ^ 'Rep " ^ " ^^ V » ^^ tiles " ^ ¦ ' ™ I ¦ ~^» ¦ ' are ^^ - ¦ - —¦ described —^ ^ ' ^ W' ^ - " ^^ ^ ¦ by <^» r

      Dr . Giinther , F . R . S ., and Mr . St . George Mivart , F . R . S . ; ' Romance ' by Mr . H . R .

      Literature Tedder and } b Mr Professor . Michael Sellar Kerney and ; 'Roman Roman y ? ;

      Topography and Archaeologyby Mr . J . H . Middleton ,

      Messrs . Chapman and Hall have in the press a work written by Mr , Robert C . Leslie ,

      entitled 'A Scene-Painter's Log . ' It will contain some illustrations by tho author .

      a treatise Mr . li . on Chohn 4 Th o e iidcley Sporting -Pennol Fish l has of in ( han jreat d

      Britain . ' As an appendix ho will add a chapter on Ichthyology for Anglers . The

      volume is to be illustrated by sixteen ,

      lithographs of fash in gold , silver , and colours .

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1886, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031886/page/7/