Add to ORKGFor more than two centuries New York City has been a major manufacturing center for musical instruments. This study is an historical overview of the trade and the craftsmen who made musical instruments in the city before the year 1890. The major portion of this study consists of a Biographical-Dictionary, which contains short sketches of the lives and careers of more than seven hundred prominent mastercraftsmen who worked in the industry between the years 1690 and 1890. Histories, directory listings and census information on these craftsmen, their firms, factories and partnerships are included. The Biographical-Dictionary is preceded by a general history of the musical instrument trade in New York City. Although the makers of all types of i...
This dissertation mentions violin makers, who lived, worked in our region and focused on constructio...
During the century between 1750 and 1850, Britain experienced a major transformation of its economy ...
Master craftsmen played a critical role in launching the Industrial Revolution in America. In this c...
For more than two centuries New York City has been a major manufacturing center for musical instrume...
This study explores the impact of science and capitalism on the technology and organization of instr...
This thesis examines the early nineteenth-century, London-made harp, with particular regard to its m...
Jonas Chickering was the foremost American piano-maker in the early- to mid-nineteenth century. He p...
The scarcity of historical materials used by the 20th century Russian musicologists led them to cha...
Research into the London piano industry workforce has focussed to date on high profile makers such a...
International audienceAt the end of the Renaissance, the establishment in Paris of a special guild o...
Thesis (B.M.)--University of Illinois, 1919.Typescript.Includes bibliographical references
This data accompanies Karen Stafford's 2020 dissertation "Binders' Volumes and the Culture of Music ...
The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compo...
The late-eighteenth century was a period shaped by curiosity and fast-paced industrial, technologica...
During the first four decades of the nineteenth century the City and County of Philadelphia transfor...
This dissertation mentions violin makers, who lived, worked in our region and focused on constructio...
During the century between 1750 and 1850, Britain experienced a major transformation of its economy ...
Master craftsmen played a critical role in launching the Industrial Revolution in America. In this c...
For more than two centuries New York City has been a major manufacturing center for musical instrume...
This study explores the impact of science and capitalism on the technology and organization of instr...
This thesis examines the early nineteenth-century, London-made harp, with particular regard to its m...
Jonas Chickering was the foremost American piano-maker in the early- to mid-nineteenth century. He p...
The scarcity of historical materials used by the 20th century Russian musicologists led them to cha...
Research into the London piano industry workforce has focussed to date on high profile makers such a...
International audienceAt the end of the Renaissance, the establishment in Paris of a special guild o...
Thesis (B.M.)--University of Illinois, 1919.Typescript.Includes bibliographical references
This data accompanies Karen Stafford's 2020 dissertation "Binders' Volumes and the Culture of Music ...
The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compo...
The late-eighteenth century was a period shaped by curiosity and fast-paced industrial, technologica...
During the first four decades of the nineteenth century the City and County of Philadelphia transfor...
This dissertation mentions violin makers, who lived, worked in our region and focused on constructio...
During the century between 1750 and 1850, Britain experienced a major transformation of its economy ...
Master craftsmen played a critical role in launching the Industrial Revolution in America. In this c...