San Antonio College Library

This series places a full range of medieval and Renaissance musical instruments in historical context, demonstrating what the instruments look and sound like and how they are played. Includes performances.

Features three of Steve Reich's most iconic compositions. Sextet utilizes hypnotic repetitions, which interweave and overlap creating a complex and compelling aural landscape. Clapping Music composed in 1972 was written after Reich experienced a strong desire to write music for no other instrument than the human body. Finally, Music for Pieces of Wood utilizes claves, and despite utilizing no amplification, is one of the loudest pieces that Reich...

Through the instruments that comprise the historical keyboard collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation - including six harpsichords, six spinets, three organs, and twenty three pianos, Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America, 1700-1830 explores the keyboard culture of America in the colonial and Federal eras. Curator and historian John R. Watson illustrates new ways to learn from historic instruments, treating these cultural artifacts...

The first complete English translation of C.P.E. Bach's instruction book, incorporating all of Bach's alterations, additions, and footnotes into the main text. The incorporations are identified in the editor's notes.