Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early cha

A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.

The first book to offer a complete introduction to the recorder includes basic reference material previously unavailable in one volume. A special feature is the

The Cambridge Companion to Bach, first published in 1997, goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach