Bach and the pedal clavichord : an organist's guide / Joel Speerstra ; foreword by Hans Davidsson.
| Author/creator |
Speerstra, Joel |
| Other author/creator | Davidsson, Hans, writer of foreword. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2004. |
| Description | xiii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; [26] Eastman studies in music ; v. 26. ^A494093 |
| Contents | Part one. Source studies. The historical pedal clavichord -- J.S. Bach's trio sonatas: a reception history of a rumor -- Reconstructing the Gerstenberg pedal clavichord -- J.S. Bach and the clavichord: a reception history of a technique -- Part two. Performance practice studies. Performance practice at the pedal clavichord -- Musica poetica and figural notation -- J.S. Bach's Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582: a case study -- The pedal clavichord and the organ in dialogue -- Appendix. Friederich Conrad Griepenkerl's preface to J.S. Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue (1819). |
| Abstract | At the heart of this book are some extraordinary recent experiments from the Goteborg Organ Art Center (GOArt) at Goteberg University. The Johann David Gerstenberg pedal clavichord from 1766, now in the Leipzig University museum, was documented and reconstructed; the new copy was then used for several years as a living instrument for organ students and teachers to experience. On the basis of these experiments and experiences, the book explores, in new and artful ways, Johann Sebastian Bach's keyboard technique, a technique preserved by his first biographer, J.N. Forkel (1802), and by Forkel's own student, Griepenkerl. It also sifts and weighs the assumptions and claims made for and against the clavichord and pedal clavichord over two and a half centuries: by Bach's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, by such noted Bach scholars as Walter Emery and Robert Marshall, and by sharp-eared music lovers, including one of the most perceptive (and one of the few from his era to have actually encountered a clavichord and recognized its unique qualities), George Bernard Shaw. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003024587 |
| ISBN | 1580461352 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML651 .S642 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |