Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments

Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments
Author: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Publisher:
Total Pages: 449
Release: 1949
Genre: Clavichord
ISBN:

The first complete English translation of C.P.E. Bach's instruction book, incorporating all of Bach's alterations, additions, and footnotes into the main text. The incorporations are identified in the editor's notes.

Historical Harpsichord Technique

Historical Harpsichord Technique
Author: Yonit Lea Kosovske
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2011-07-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253001455

Yonit Lea Kosovske surveys early music and writing about keyboard performance with the aim of facilitating the development of an expressive tone in the modern player. Reviewing the work of the pedagogues and performers of the late Renaissance through the late Baroque, she gives special emphasis to la douceur du toucher or a gentle touch. Other topics addressed include posture, early pedagogy, exercises, articulation, and fingering patterns. Illustrated with musical examples as well as photos of the author at the keyboard, Historical Harpsichord Technique can be used for individual or group lessons and for amateurs and professionals.