William Zeitler - The Music and Magic of the Glass Armonica

History

History of the 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 2007. 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 Armonica
1751	Franklin and Electricity (sample chapter)
1761	Franklin Invents the Armonica (sample chapter)
1761–1790	The Armonica—Franklin's Lifelong Companion (sample chapter)
	Complete Correspondence To/From Franklin About the Armonica
Attempts at Improving Franklin's Armonica
	Keyboard Versions of the Musical Glasses and Armonica (sample chapter)
	Water Trough (sample chapter)
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 Armonica
1756–1791	W.A. Mozart (sample chapter)
1770–1826	L. van Beethoven (sample chapter)
1797–1848	Donizetti (sample chapter)
The Armonica Waxes
	The Armonica in England (sample chapter)
	The Armonica in Italy (sample chapter)
	The Armonica in France (sample chapter)
	The Armonica in Germany (sample chapter)
	The Armonica in Portugal (sample chapter)
	The Armonica in America (sample chapter)
Creative Uses of the Armonica
c. 1770	Franz Mesmer (sample chapter)
c. 1800	The Phantasmagoria (sample chapter)
	The Magic Lantern E.-G. Robertson (1763–1837)
The Armonica Wanes
	Armonica Players and Lead Poisoning
c. 1810	The armonica virtually disappears
Modern Times
1955–1956	E. Power Biggs Attempts a Keyboard Glass Armonica
1999	Glass Armonica maker vanishes
2003	William & armonica unscathed after rollover accident
Healing Music
	The Healing Powers of the Glass Armonica
	What's Different about the Sound of Singing Bowls?
Other
	'Glass Armonica' vs. 'Glass Harmonica'
	Bibliography (sample chapter)

History of the Armonica

Early Glass Music

The Musical Glass (just one)

The Musical Glasses (a whole set)

Benjamin Franklin and his Glass Armonica

Attempts at Improving Franklin's Armonica

Armonica Virtuosi

Composers and the Armonica

The Armonica Waxes

Creative Uses of the Armonica

The Armonica Wanes

Modern Times

Healing Music

Other