EditorialThe garden of Salzburg artdealer Welz was a meeting place and social center for many artists taking part in the Salzburg festival: conductor Isztvan Kertesz, painter Oskar Kokoschka, Musicologist H. C. Robbins-Landon painter Milein Cossmann. Salzburg,1959.
EditorialA transverse spinet with six legs made in London by Stephen Keene at the end of the 17th century. Keene was a well-known maker of "harpsycons and virginals" from at least 1671 to 1719. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hip...
EditorialPandurina or discant lute from 1734 (left), Milanese mandoline lute decorated with mother-of-pearl from 1775 (centre), and Milanese mandoline lute decorated with tortoiseshell and ivory from 1739 (right). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Willia...
EditorialClavichord with painted lid in the Chinese style from the late 18th century. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred Jame...
EditorialBurgmote horns of hammered bronze from the Corporations of Canterbury and Dover. The horns were used from the 14th to 19th centuries for municipal ceremonies. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments...
EditorialAn original Hans Ruckers "Vierkante Clavisingel" virginal or harpsichord inscribed with "Omnis Spiritus Laudet Dominum" (Let all that breathe praise the Lord). The decoration is a covering of paper printed from woodblocks. Chromolithograph from an illu...
EditorialThe garden of Salzburg artdealer Welz was a meeting place and social center for many artists taking part in the Salzburg festival: conductor Isztvan Kertesz, painter Oskar Kokoschka, Musicologist H. C. Robbins-Landon painter Milein Cossmann. Salzburg,1959.
EditorialDouble keyboard spinnet or virginal invented by Hans Ruckers the Elder of Antwerp, circa 1580. Painted lid shows Apollo and Marsyas in musical competition. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, H...
EditorialOliphant or ivory hunting horn carved with the arms and badges of Ferdinand and Isabella of Portugal from the early 16th century. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique,"...
EditorialQueen Elizabeth I's virginal, made in Italy circa 1570. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903)...
EditorialBurgmote horns of hammered bronze from the Corporations of Canterbury and Dover. The horns were used from the 14th to 19th centuries for municipal ceremonies. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments...
EditorialTen-string Quintena or Chiterna (Italian guitar) in tortoiseshell with a back of ebony and ivory, manufactured by Joachim Tielke of Hamburg in 1676 (left and right), and mandoline lute in tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl by Domenico Vinaccia of Naples...
EditorialBurgmote horns of hammered bronze from the Corporations of Canterbury and Dover. The horns were used from the 14th to 19th centuries for municipal ceremonies. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments...
EditorialPandurina or discant lute from 1734 (left), Milanese mandoline lute decorated with mother-of-pearl from 1775 (centre), and Milanese mandoline lute decorated with tortoiseshell and ivory from 1739 (right). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Willia...
EditorialDulcimer, a variety of psaltery or qanun played with hammers. The lid interior shows 17th century figures - soldiers being met by ladies with refreshments. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, H...
EditorialQueen Elizabeth I's virginal, made in Italy circa 1570. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903)...
EditorialAn original Hans Ruckers "Vierkante Clavisingel" virginal or harpsichord inscribed with "Omnis Spiritus Laudet Dominum" (Let all that breathe praise the Lord). The decoration is a covering of paper printed from woodblocks. Chromolithograph from an illu...
EditorialA transverse spinet with six legs made in London by Stephen Keene at the end of the 17th century. Keene was a well-known maker of "harpsycons and virginals" from at least 1671 to 1719. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hip...
EditorialThe garden of Salzburg artdealer Welz was a meeting place and social center for many artists taking part in the Salzburg festival: conductor Isztvan Kertesz, painter Oskar Kokoschka, Musicologist H. C. Robbins-Landon painter Milein Cossmann. Salzburg,1959.