Michele Todini's golden harpsichord : an examination of the machine of Galatea and Polyphemus

Author

Pollens, Stewart

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Metropolitan Museum journal. 1990, Vol. 25, p. 33-47, 21 ill.; 1 diagram

ISSN

0077-8958

Abstract (en)

Studies the Golden Harpsichord with figures of Polyphemus and Galatea, the sole surviving instrument from Todini's Galleria Armonica. Examines technical evidence afforded by the harpsichord (New York, Metropolitan Museum) and compares it with Todini's description of it and of the sordellina machine within the Polyphemus, a bellows-driven bagpipe played from a keyboard below that of the harpsichord.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts -- Other media and forms -- Italy
• Todini, Michele, ca.1625-ca.1689
• Musical instruments
• Italy
• 1600-1700
• Harpsichords
• Bagpipes
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs -- Autres formes d'art -- Italie
• Todini, Michele, v.1625-v.1689
• Instrument de musique
• Italie
• 1600-1700
• Clavecin
• Cornemuse
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00459040

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