Early Keyboard Instruments
A Practical Guide
- Author: Rowland, David
it is, in fact, an excellent introduction ... I wish there had been a book like it when I was a school
Early Keyboard Instruments
A Practical Guide
- Author: Rowland, David
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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
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Early Keyboard Instruments covers a wide range of performance issues on keyboard instruments relevant to the music from c.1700–c.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.
Contents
- 1. Stylistic awareness and keyboard music;
- 2. Repertory, performance and notation;
- 3. The instruments;
- 4. Use of instruments and technique;
- 5. Non-notated and notated issues;
- 6. Case studies;
- 7. Continuo realisation.
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Early Music Review
it is, in fact, an excellent introduction ... I wish there had been a book like it when I was a school
