Early Keyboard Instruments: A Practical Guide (Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music) - Softcover
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Discusses performance issues on keyboard instruments relevant to music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.
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'... it is, in fact, an excellent introduction ... I wish there had been a book like it when I was a school.' Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review
'A significant body of information, lucid and succinct.' Early Music
'... the breadth and clarity of presentation and indexing will no doubt ensure that players of any keyboard instrument will want to have [this book] to hand for quick consultation and revision for many years to come.' The British Clavichord Society Newsletter
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Discusses a variety of issues involved in the performance of keyboard music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Forms a useful introduction to historical performance issues for student performers or amateurs, whether playing on period instruments or on the modern piano.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Early Keyboard Instruments covers a wide range of performance issues on keyboard instruments relevant to the music from c.1700c.1900. It includes descriptions of the harpsichords, clavichords, pianos and other stringed-keyboard instruments used by performers of the period as well as aspects of technique such as harpsichord registration, piano pedalling and keyboard fingering. Aspects of the notation of keyboard music are discussed, as is articulation, embellishment, tempo flexibility and rubato. A substantial chapter is devoted to case studies, illustrating how the aspects of performance discussed in the rest of the book are worked out in practice, whether playing on period instruments or on the modern piano. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002263516
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