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[citation needed] Thus the Neupert firm still offers its mid-century "Bach" model for sale, defending it explicitly on the grounds of its suitability for 20th-century music. [3] The transition of harpsichord building toward historicist principles is covered in detail by Hubbard (1965), Zuckermann (1969), and Kottick (2003), cited below.
Pleyel et Cie. ("Pleyel and Company") is a French piano manufacturing firm founded by the composer Ignace Pleyel in 1807. [2] In 1815, Pleyel's son Camille joined him as a business partner. The firm provided pianos to Frédéric Chopin , [ 3 ] who considered Pleyel pianos to be "non plus ultra". [ 4 ]
He performs (on a restored Pleyel harpsichord) in a recording of Frank Martin's Petite symphonie concertante with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Armin Jordan. He recorded of the four harpsichord suites of Bernard de Bury in 2006. His recording of the 1720 Suites of George Frideric Handel was released 2008.
Harpsichord by Gaveau, 1923. Gaveau of Paris was a French piano manufacturer. The company was established by Joseph Gabriel Gaveau in 1847 in Paris and was one of the three largest piano makers in France (after Érard and Pleyel). Its factory was located at Fontenay-sous-Bois. Some Gaveau pianos were constructed with art cabinets.
Harpsichord building was often considered a lesser side job for organ builders, while some few were specialized in either harpsichord or clavichord building. [ 1 ] Note that in the German speaking world the harpsichord was only one of several instruments referred to as clavier, and keyboard instruments seem to have been used more ...
Wanda Landowska was the first to start performing Bach's keyboard music on harpsichord again. The instrument used by Landowska was however still far from the instruments used in Bach's day. Landowska had the piano manufacturer Pleyel create harpsichords for her to use in performing Bach. These instruments did not follow historical models, and ...
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At this time in the 1920s, there were fewer than 50 harpsichords in the United States, most located in museums. [1] The two men went to Paris in search of a builder, where they contracted with Pleyel et Cie to produce two instruments for their use. [ 2 ]