William Zeitler - The Music and Magic of the Glass Harmonica (Armonica)

History

History of the Glass Harmonica (Armonica) The "Short Version..." The Long Version: Note: 'Sample Chapters' are from William's upcoming book: The Glass Armonica: Magical Music and Extraordinary People, to be released in 2009. All of these sample chapters are rough, none has received its final edit, but they do reflect William's research to date (with citations).
Early Glass Music
2500 B.C.–17h century	Porcelain Musical Instruments (sample chapter)
The Musical Glass (just one)
1627	Francis Bacon (sample chapter)
1638	Galileo
The Musical Glasses (a whole set)
1607–1658	G.P.Harsdörffer (sample chapter)
	Excerpts from Deliciae physico-mathematicae, G.P.Harsdörffer (1636)
1690–1759	Richard Pockrich (sample chapter)
	Pilkington, John Carteret (1760); The Real Story of John Carteret Pilkington, p. 56–69. Pilkington recounts his adventure with Pockrich and his musical glasses.
1714–1787	Christoph W. Gluck (sample chapter)
1732–1824	Anne Ford (sample chapter)
	Anne Ford's Instructions on Playing the Musical Glasses (1761)
1729–1814	Edward Delaval (sample chapter)
	Various Other Players (sample chapter)
Benjamin Franklin and his Glass Harmonica (Armonica)
1751	Franklin and Electricity (sample chapter)
1761	Franklin Invents the Glass Harmonica (Armonica) (sample chapter)
1761–1790	The Glass Harmonica (Armonica)—Franklin's Lifelong Companion (sample chapter)
	Complete Correspondence To/From Franklin About the Glass Harmonica (Armonica)
Attempts at Improving Franklin's Glass Harmonica (Armonica)
	Keyboard Versions of the Musical Glasses and Glass Harmonica (Armonica) (sample chapter)
	Water Trough (sample chapter)
Glass Harmonica (Armonica) Virtuosi
1743–1816(?)	Marianne Davies (sample chapter)
1742–1798	Phillip Frick (sample chapter)
1750?–1804	Karl Roellig (sample chapter)
1769–1808	Marianne Kirchgaessner (sample chapter)
Composers and the Glass Harmonica (Armonica)
1756–1791	W.A. Mozart (sample chapter)
1770–1826	L. van Beethoven (sample chapter)
1797–1848	Donizetti (sample chapter)
The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) Waxes
	The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) in England (sample chapter)
	The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) in Italy (sample chapter)
	The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) in France (sample chapter)
	The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) in Germany (sample chapter)
	The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) in Portugal (sample chapter)
	The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) in America (sample chapter)
Creative Uses of the Glass Harmonica (Armonica)
c. 1770	Franz Mesmer (sample chapter)
c. 1800	The Phantasmagoria (sample chapter)
	The Magic Lantern E.-G. Robertson (1763–1837)
The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) Wanes
	Glass Harmonica (Armonica) Players and Lead Poisoning
c. 1810	The glass harmonica (armonica) virtually disappears
Modern Times
1955–1956	E. Power Biggs Attempts a Keyboard Glass Harmonica (Armonica)
1999	Glass Harmonica (Armonica) maker vanishes
2003	William & glass harmonica (armonica) unscathed after rollover accident
Healing Music
	The Healing Powers of the Glass Harmonica (Armonica)
	What's Different about the Sound of Singing Bowls?
Other
	'Glass Armonica' vs. 'Glass Harmonica'
	Bibliography (sample chapter)

History of the Glass Harmonica (Armonica)

Early Glass Music

The Musical Glass (just one)

The Musical Glasses (a whole set)

Benjamin Franklin and his Glass Harmonica (Armonica)

Attempts at Improving Franklin's Glass Harmonica (Armonica)

Glass Harmonica (Armonica) Virtuosi

Composers and the Glass Harmonica (Armonica)

The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) Waxes

Creative Uses of the Glass Harmonica (Armonica)

The Glass Harmonica (Armonica) Wanes

Modern Times

Healing Music

Other