| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xxv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The angelick organ : a history of the musical glasses -- Benjamin Franklin and music -- Benjamin Franklin and the invention of the armonica -- A brief history of glass -- An instrument so grand and haunted : the heyday of the glass armonica -- The armonica in Germany and america -- Mesmer and the armonica -- The armonica fades into obscurity -- The armonica's revival. |
| Summary |
"A jewel of musical history-- the story of Ben Franklin's favorite invention, the glass armonica-- including the composers who wrote for it (Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, among others); Dr. Mesmer who used it to hypnotize; Marie Antoinette and the women who popularized it; its decline and recent comeback"--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
Glass harmonica -- History.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (OCoLC)fst00034115
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Glass harmonica. (OCoLC)fst00943171
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781476783031 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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1476783039 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781476783055 (trade pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1476783055 (trade pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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