Keyboard interpretation from the 14th to the 19th century : an introduction / Howard Ferguson.
Keyboard interpretation from the 14th to the 19th century : an introduction / Howard Ferguson.
By
:
Ferguson, Howard, 1908-
Publication Date
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1975
Publication Information
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New York : Oxford University Press,
Physical Description
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ix, 211 p. : music.
Subject Term
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Organ music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Harpsichord music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Piano music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Music -- Performance -- History.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographies and index.
Summary
:
This standard work is an introduction to the interpretation of keyboard music from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century. Dr Ferguson provides information about the instruments themselves, and discusses this vast, fascinating, and ever-changing subject under the musical types and forms, tempo, phrasing and articulation, fingering, rhythmic conventions, the `tones' or modes, ornamentation, pianists' problems, and editors' problems.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780193184190