File:Kuhnau Frontispiece Biblical Sonatas 1710.jpg
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| Description | Engraving of Frontispiece for Johann Kuhnau's Six Biblical Sonatas, published in 1700 in Leipzig. The engraving shows an idealised music room from the late 17th and early 18th century. On the right the lady plays on a chamber organ with a large bible behind; there is a clavichord on the left; behind it the rounded corner or 'tail' of a harpsichord is just visible. | ||||
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| Source | IMSLP. Facsimile published in 1901. (A digital version of the engraving is also available in slightly lower quality on BdZ, the Bavarian Centre for Digitisation, and in the Paul Hirsch music collection of the British Library.) | ||||
| Author | Immanuel Tietze, printer in Leipzig | ||||
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| current | 19:37, 14 November 2020 | 2,789 × 1,788 (2.31 MB) | Mathsci | More details in engraving so inscriptions can be read |
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