Keyboard Music Before 1700 begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe. Then, individual chapters by noted authorities in the field c

This classic work is a meticulous chronological survey of music for the keyboard from the earliest extant manuscripts of the 14th century to the end of the 17th

English keyboard music reached an unsurpassed level of sophistication in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries as organists such as William Byrd an

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A select bibliography and extensive endnotes enable the reader to take all of the issues further."--Jacket.