Author: François Couperin
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 1457442140
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
An important 18th-century instruction book, Couperin's The Art of Playing the Harpsichord contains valuable information on technique, fingering, phrasing, ornamentation and keyboard performance style. Halford's scholarly introduction includes a biographical sketch of the composer, a thorough discussion of French Baroque ornamentation and a useful summary of Couperin's style. The eight preludes used by Couperin to illustrate his approach are musical gems rarely found in other collections.
L'Art de toucher le Clavecin
Author: François Couperin
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 1457442140
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
An important 18th-century instruction book, Couperin's The Art of Playing the Harpsichord contains valuable information on technique, fingering, phrasing, ornamentation and keyboard performance style. Halford's scholarly introduction includes a biographical sketch of the composer, a thorough discussion of French Baroque ornamentation and a useful summary of Couperin's style. The eight preludes used by Couperin to illustrate his approach are musical gems rarely found in other collections.
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 1457442140
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
An important 18th-century instruction book, Couperin's The Art of Playing the Harpsichord contains valuable information on technique, fingering, phrasing, ornamentation and keyboard performance style. Halford's scholarly introduction includes a biographical sketch of the composer, a thorough discussion of French Baroque ornamentation and a useful summary of Couperin's style. The eight preludes used by Couperin to illustrate his approach are musical gems rarely found in other collections.
A Dictionary of Pianists and Composers for the Pianoforte
French Pianism
Author: Charles Timbrell
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781574670455
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
(Amadeus). The undisputed preeminence of Paris as a center of the piano world dates from the early 19th century, and the rigorous professors of the Paris Conservatoire transmitted the characteristic French piano style faithfully to each new generation for some 150 years. First published to critical acclaim in 1992, this landmark study, now considerably expanded and revised, surveys the historical development, performance practices and pedagogical philosophies of this vital school. HARDCOVER.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781574670455
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
(Amadeus). The undisputed preeminence of Paris as a center of the piano world dates from the early 19th century, and the rigorous professors of the Paris Conservatoire transmitted the characteristic French piano style faithfully to each new generation for some 150 years. First published to critical acclaim in 1992, this landmark study, now considerably expanded and revised, surveys the historical development, performance practices and pedagogical philosophies of this vital school. HARDCOVER.
A History of Pianoforte-playing and Pianoforte-literature
Author: Karl Friedrich Weitzmann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Piano
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Piano
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Early Keyboard Instruments
Author: David Rowland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521643856
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
A select bibliography and extensive endnotes enable the reader to take all of the issues further."--Jacket.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521643856
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
A select bibliography and extensive endnotes enable the reader to take all of the issues further."--Jacket.
Authenticity in Performance: Eighteenth-Century Case Studies
Author: Peter Le Huray
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521399265
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Authenticity in Performance focuses on nine representative works from the Baroque and Classical periods, defining some of the more important questions that the performer and listener should ask.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521399265
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Authenticity in Performance focuses on nine representative works from the Baroque and Classical periods, defining some of the more important questions that the performer and listener should ask.
Historical Harpsichord Technique
Author: Yonit Lea Kosovske
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253001455
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253001455
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
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.
Bartolomeo Cristofori and the Invention of the Piano
Author: Stewart Pollens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110709657X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The first comprehensive study of Bartolomeo Cristofori's working life, featuring detailed technical documentation about his instruments.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110709657X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The first comprehensive study of Bartolomeo Cristofori's working life, featuring detailed technical documentation about his instruments.
A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players
Beethoven on Beethoven
Author: William S. Newman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393307191
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"'Must' reading for any pianist concerned with Beethoven's music, which is to say almost every pianist alive." --William Rothstein, Musical Times
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393307191
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"'Must' reading for any pianist concerned with Beethoven's music, which is to say almost every pianist alive." --William Rothstein, Musical Times